Thanks. Isn't Model 3 BMS, for marketing purpose at least, being too aggressive? Faster and faster charging rates, bumping up the capacity, etc.?
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Wiki Sudden Loss Of Range With 2019.16.x Software
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Thanks. Isn't Model 3 BMS, for marketing purpose at least, being too aggressive? Faster and faster charging rates, bumping up the capacity, etc.?
Excellent question. Could have said it better.
My guess, as I know it's yours as well, is that 1% are defective.
ElectricLee
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DJRas
Member
I was quoted $20,000 installed.
I just would have given at least 6 months to a year before freaking out. By then, the normal complaints would have been loud enough to illicit a response. This lawsuit was brought on way too quickly.
To point was (in response to @KarenRei) the slower charging rate on top of capacity cap double whammy.
DJRas
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They fix Dog mode in one day... but 12 weeks of being lied to isn't long enough. We should wait another 14 weeks - or 52 more weeks?
Yes....because dog mode fix was needed for safety. As was probably this change for the battery.
willow_hiller
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Not to make light of your situation, but that really would have been awful if that Dog Mode bug had actually harmed any puppies.
Tesla does like to drag their feet. I imagine Elon's got all hands on deck trying to finish FSD, and all other problems fall by the wayside.
And it's not even about money. In your case Tesla could lose money offering repairs, but they could really really easily make money by selling interior features that are software locked in my car to folks like me. I've literally got light fixtures that do nothing, speakers that do nothing, seat heaters that don't activate, an LTE connection that doesn't stream music, and I would pay a lot of money to get those activated. And it's not like it would take time to code, the features literally already exist and Tesla just hasn't gotten around to selling them.
3 months is way too long to keep my car connected to a null hotspot just to avoid getting a software update.
Would have that change really affected your use of the vehicle?
If you'd been reading the thread then you'd already know the answer. The 1 week trip I just returned from that I take every year would not have been possible with a 10% reduction in range.
DJRas
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Well this 12 weeks have cost me 60 hours more waiting at Superchargers so far.
Well I’d bet you are an outlier. Probably your vehicle barely met your needs while not including degradation. With that high of a requirement, a Model 3 with 310 would be the minimum (especially with weather variables).
DJRas
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Nope, the Model 3 is a considerable step down from the Model S. And the lost range only makes this a problem by about 15 miles. And there are no weather variables in Southern California.
ElectricLee
Member
Then a 370 mile range Model S is an option....and for less than what I paid for my S 3 years ago.
Rain affects range...by more than 15 miles. Heck, my driving style can affect my range by more than 15 miles. So it seems this issue is overblown.
DJRas
Member
8 years was the plan... though others have well over 250,000 miles on their battery and have more range than I do.
DJRas
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Why do you say this was needed for safety? Tesla denied that and they are mitigating the range issue with new releases.
