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The LR RWD is already rated at 325 miles. The screen just says 310 instead of 325.
This software will change the screen text from “310” to “325.” That’s it.
The LR RWD is already rated at 325 miles. The screen just says 310 instead of 325.
This software will change the screen text from “310” to “325.” That’s it.
The LR RWD is already rated at 325 miles. The screen just says 310 instead of 325.
This software will change the screen text from “310” to “325.” That’s it.
Not really, it just says “firmware improvements”, which is really just a throw-away phrase. It means nothing. If they actually found a way to improve efficiency by 5%, 1) they’d want to take credit for it explicitly and 2) it would be applicable to the other cars.That was my gut reaction but the conf call transcript indicates otherwise.
View attachment 382465 Not really, it just says “firmware improvements”, which is really just a throw-away phrase. It means nothing. If they actually found a way to improve efficiency by 5%, 1) they’d want to take credit for it explicitly and 2) it would be applicable to the other cars.
The only possible scenario that I see, other than a simple recalibration of rated miles, is if they initially limited the LRR cars to 72kWh and now feel confident to increase them to 75kWh. This is plausible. We know people reported 72kWh usable and I think some feel the AWD cars have access to 75kWh. So it’s possible all the LR cars would now have access to the same 75kWh.
that's my theory, just opening up some of the reserveYep, missed that, thanks. Unfortunately it’s not definitive about what they’ve actually done to get the LRR to 325 now. It just says what they’ve done in the past.
I’ll still suggest that if they’ve done anything, it’s making 75kWh usable across all LR cars.
This is true. If they don't open up the usable capacity, you won't be able to actually drive further.It doesn't take a rocket surgeon to figure this out. Some of the extra battery reserve capacity has been enabled for use.
It makes no sense that Tesla would just change the software to make 310 read 325, the watts per mile is the watts per mile and that isn't going to change if you drive it the same way.
Exactly. Both the LR RWD and AWD have the same 310 mile bar on the screen. Yet, somehow, the LR RWD consistently runs at 10-20% better efficiency (wh / mile) than the AWD and can drive 10-20% farther than the AWD on the same “310 mile” charge.However, we know that the LR RWD car has always had a higher MPGe than the LR AWD car from the EPA. We also know that Tesla voluntarily lowered the EPA range of the LR RWD car so that it would have the same 310 mile EPA range as the LR AWD car. So, the assertion that Tesla will ONLY change the Wh/mi constant used to calculate the range number from the SOC is reasonable.
Yes. Edit: Unclear.Might be a dumb question but are the current specs advertised online at Tesla.com including the 5% boost? For example, LR RWD is listed at 5.0 secs for 0-60. Is that with the 5%? If so, I’m guessing you get that on March 15 at the earliest?
If they don't open up the usable capacity, you won't be able to actually drive further.
Elon gave those as examples. Those examples may or may not have anything to do with the LR RWD. For all we know, they relate to the new SR models. It is a FACT that the LR RWD, today, is already at least 10% more efficient than the AWD model despite having the same 310 mile bar.I guess you didn't read what Elon actually said:
"...we are able to improve the efficiency of say of the drive inverter or the motor or we get a bit more comfortable with what how much energy you can extract safely from the battery pack without causing it long term harm."
Not a real increase in range. The Long range Rear wheel Model 3 always has better consumption efficiency (thus, longer range) than the Long range AWD since day one when it came out. Changing the text from 310 mile to 325 mile is just reflecting this reality.
Elon gave those as examples. Those examples may or may not have anything to do with the LR RWD. For all we know, they relate to the new SR models. It is a FACT that the LR RWD, today, is already at least 10% more efficient than the AWD model despite having the same 310 mile bar.
Not a real increase in range. The Long range Rear wheel Model 3 always has better consumption efficiency (thus, longer range) than the Long range AWD since day one when it came out. Changing the text from 310 mile to 325 mile is just reflecting this reality.