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Following on from yesterdays discussion about whether it was worth pre-conditioning to get extra efficiency I have checked my usage from yesterday and I am now unsure.
I set my charger to pre-condition the Car for half an hour before setting off at 7am so this would be at normal pricing. The car was charged to 100% so any power drawn would just be for the preconditioning and according to Octopus that was 2.993 KWH in that 30 minutes. I have to say that was quite a surprise that it took that much power simply to heat the car and the battery.
At rates of 30p that’s almost a pound which may not be a huge amount of money its a very high proportion of costs if you are mostly charging at 7.5p and makes me question whether the improved efficiency of the battery being a bit warmer is worth it.
I set my charger to pre-condition the Car for half an hour before setting off at 7am so this would be at normal pricing. The car was charged to 100% so any power drawn would just be for the preconditioning and according to Octopus that was 2.993 KWH in that 30 minutes. I have to say that was quite a surprise that it took that much power simply to heat the car and the battery.
At rates of 30p that’s almost a pound which may not be a huge amount of money its a very high proportion of costs if you are mostly charging at 7.5p and makes me question whether the improved efficiency of the battery being a bit warmer is worth it.
The Tesla advisor unfortunately misinformed you due to his lack of knowledge, those missing games are only downloaded automatically for Model 3's that have the Data-enabled USB Hub is installed in the front centre console which Tesla stopped installing since Nov 15, 2021 and the older Charge-only USB Hub is now standard equipment. During software updates, the vehicle intelligently recognises the presence of the Fata-enabled USB Hub in centre console and decides to install or in its absence, not install those games and apps that require the Data-enabled Hub and completely ignores the Data-enable port in the glove compartment which was designed to supply the storage dongle for the Sentry system
JanF1
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Thanks, for better explanation than I got from Tesla. It’s annoying though since I have game controller connected through hub. I hope that next software update brings Bluetooth connectivity for controllers and therefore push those games to my M3. It’s annoying that they don’t push those games to all cars and let customer to decide if they want to get extra hub to play it or not.
Even those who now retrofit the more recent Data-enabled Hub to their M3's which currently have the Charge-only version don't automatically get those games installed by update because the vehicle doesn't automatically recognise the hardware update retrofit installed. After the installation and swapping of the hardware in centre console, a manual firmware reconfiguration by a Tesla Tech who connects to the vehicle using their laptop and proprietary Tesla software and tells the vehicle that it now has the Data-enabled Hub installed (takes less than 5min) and following that an update firmware is forced to the vehicle which upon download and install (approx 20min) the vehicle will now have the Apps related to and requiring the Data-enabled Hub installed
I wonder if there's diminishing returns.
When the weather is -3c and you jump straight in to your car you may lose way more than 3kWh in range if you have to shoot right off. Could lose some 30% range compared to spending the 3kWh plugged in at home pre-heating.
I don't know enough about the mechanics of it, but it's interesting!
In case this helps anyone, I just live chatted with Tesla to see if there was an EDD for my Lease Order (as you cannot see the order on the app or website).
I was told:
I have had a look at your order and we are currently waiting for a vehicle to be assigned to your order, once a vehicle has been assigned we will notify you by SMS.
As we are waiting for the next shipments of Model 3 RWD to arrive, we are currently looking at possibly a November delivery. Once a vehicle has been assigned to your order we will have a more accurate date for you.
FYI, I ordered M3 RWD, White, Black Interior, 18" Aeros on 20th Feb 2022. EDD at time of order November 2022.
I was told:
I have had a look at your order and we are currently waiting for a vehicle to be assigned to your order, once a vehicle has been assigned we will notify you by SMS.
As we are waiting for the next shipments of Model 3 RWD to arrive, we are currently looking at possibly a November delivery. Once a vehicle has been assigned to your order we will have a more accurate date for you.
FYI, I ordered M3 RWD, White, Black Interior, 18" Aeros on 20th Feb 2022. EDD at time of order November 2022.
That's interesting - I wonder if Tesla prioritises certain orders over others... i.e. Cash and PCP over lease
Sounds like they have stuck to their original ETA to cover themselves.
Just wait for the first shipments to come in June, and spam like mad the inventory / unassigned tracker and dive on one of those if any come up
I will imagine that there will be many many people mashing the keyboard with Tesla on speed dial during this time to snipe any stray cars.
I would imagine though as the chaos subsides, your ETA will reel a bit closer than November.
Nah I don't think mechanism of payment is a factor. The most commonly referenced factors are most important : Order date (place in queue) and vechicle configuration. The configuration bit is a lottery, but more uncommon combinations can sometimes just magic out of nowhere if you're the only one that happens to have one on order. Some rumors have it that if you order with FSD (US) that cars would arrive sooner (lol?) but, I genuinely don't think that's a thing in the UK, most likely because no one orders FSD here
ElectricPolice
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EDD's and actual delivery dates can be a bit of a lottery. About 30 pages back somebody posted their configuration which was identical to mine except they had aeros and I chose sports. Our purchase dates were within a day 18-19 Feb and EDD's May. I was allocated a car on 24/03 out of the blue. I'm certain my gain was someone else's cancellation and all I can say is unlucky for them as it is faultless. Cleaned twice and nothing has jumped out at me.
For info, 2 weeks in have done 750 miles, visited 3 superchargers, sussed the overnight charging on Octopus go (charges 30 miles per hour =/= 8% per hour via 7kW wallbox) so I set the charge limit to match this. Only exceeds the 4h cheap window if I'm below 10% as you can only stop at 50%. Another 'for info' direct from the mains 3 pin plug is 10 miles per hour.
Done 2 long business trips of 270 miles. First one it was zero degrees and heated car before I left on mains. Motorway driving mostly but kept within speed limit and drove mostly cautiously (honest!) and range went down from 353-153 to cover 133 miles. With only 150 left in tank a visit to Sarn services SC in Wales for a wee stop pushed mileage up 170 (with 100 miles left to get home) and returned with about 39 miles left (and a few warnings). 2nd trip I anticipated the need for a stop so just went to Woodall services for 20 mins. Both times I charged the car to 100% before I left.
Range anxiety isn't a thing, free spaces at the charger anxiety is though. So far I've been lucky and got straight on to a chargepoint but Woodall was full shortly after I hooked up.
Thursday is rear window and sunroof tinting day...
The adventure continues
For info, 2 weeks in have done 750 miles, visited 3 superchargers, sussed the overnight charging on Octopus go (charges 30 miles per hour =/= 8% per hour via 7kW wallbox) so I set the charge limit to match this. Only exceeds the 4h cheap window if I'm below 10% as you can only stop at 50%. Another 'for info' direct from the mains 3 pin plug is 10 miles per hour.
Done 2 long business trips of 270 miles. First one it was zero degrees and heated car before I left on mains. Motorway driving mostly but kept within speed limit and drove mostly cautiously (honest!) and range went down from 353-153 to cover 133 miles. With only 150 left in tank a visit to Sarn services SC in Wales for a wee stop pushed mileage up 170 (with 100 miles left to get home) and returned with about 39 miles left (and a few warnings). 2nd trip I anticipated the need for a stop so just went to Woodall services for 20 mins. Both times I charged the car to 100% before I left.
Range anxiety isn't a thing, free spaces at the charger anxiety is though. So far I've been lucky and got straight on to a chargepoint but Woodall was full shortly after I hooked up.
Thursday is rear window and sunroof tinting day...
The adventure continues
Jumped in the car this morning and found I had no dots and full regen was available immediately! Temp was 14c when I got in vs the 5c or less previously when I have had to wait for it to heat up. Seems the battery just needs to be over 10c or so to give you full regen…
I don't think it was too recent as when I ordered my Model 3 a couple of weeks ago, it was already £200.
8th March when I ordered it was only £100, wonder what the reason for the change was
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