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Ok so evidence seems clear the battery will degrade proportionately over time. However, I now have a somewhat new worry I hadn't considered before. In the past model S software locked versions were able to charge faster than an unlocked version at a supercharger near the end of a charge, indicating a mostly top-locked battery. This has been well established. If they do the same for the SR like they should and I'm sure intended to, cool.
However, until Tesla actually releases the software lock, we will not know if they plan to do this. My worry is that with all the complaining coming from SR+ folks about having 'almost' the same car as a SR and demanding a refund for the difference, Tesla is now trying to find ways to differentiate the cars before they do the actual update. One way may very well be to mostly bottom-lock the battery instead of mostly top-lock like done previously on the S's. This would result in much slower charge for the SR from 80-100%, and really suck. Basically, you'd have 180-200 miles minus a buffer at the bottom, for supercharger trips, because charging to 100% will take forever.
I honestly think this could be the hold up for the software lock and why it hasn't occurred yet. They are engineering a way to make it worse (bottom-locked) solely as a response to the complaining of SR+ owners. Hopefully, making Tesla waste time and money trying to engineer ways to make a car worse will make these folks happy.
I have an SR ready for delivery next week. May try and push it back until this is cleared up.
I wish they would just come out with the final update already.
Any thoughts?
However, until Tesla actually releases the software lock, we will not know if they plan to do this. My worry is that with all the complaining coming from SR+ folks about having 'almost' the same car as a SR and demanding a refund for the difference, Tesla is now trying to find ways to differentiate the cars before they do the actual update. One way may very well be to mostly bottom-lock the battery instead of mostly top-lock like done previously on the S's. This would result in much slower charge for the SR from 80-100%, and really suck. Basically, you'd have 180-200 miles minus a buffer at the bottom, for supercharger trips, because charging to 100% will take forever.
I honestly think this could be the hold up for the software lock and why it hasn't occurred yet. They are engineering a way to make it worse (bottom-locked) solely as a response to the complaining of SR+ owners. Hopefully, making Tesla waste time and money trying to engineer ways to make a car worse will make these folks happy.
I have an SR ready for delivery next week. May try and push it back until this is cleared up.
I wish they would just come out with the final update already.
Any thoughts?