It’s interesting to see that you don’t need to take it right down below 10% to cycle the battery.
Is it important to do this in phases over several days or will a good 280 mile round trip journey in one day work to cycle the battery?
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Your Model 3 Maximum Range?
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It’s interesting to see that you don’t need to take it right down below 10% to cycle the battery.
Is it important to do this in phases over several days or will a good 280 mile round trip journey in one day work to cycle the battery?
last weekend was a 360 mile holiday over 4 days. That‘s the longest trip the car had from new.
80% was usually about 232 miles. Having returned, 80% is now 242. Trip average was 220Wh/mile
In my March 2020LR I thought the battery was 75kWh if that’s the case then 302 miles full range but then that’s theoretical.
wringing the last milliwatt out of the battery at 220kWh/mile would give about 340 miles
80% was usually about 232 miles. Having returned, 80% is now 242. Trip average was 220Wh/mile
In my March 2020LR I thought the battery was 75kWh if that’s the case then 302 miles full range but then that’s theoretical.
wringing the last milliwatt out of the battery at 220kWh/mile would give about 340 miles
LukeUK
Member
BMS readings and adjustments are done when the car is otherwise idle. It needs the batteries to be just sat there whilst it measures and adjusts. It can't do this whilst you're driving.
Interesting thread..
May 2021 delivered MIC M3 LR, 3000 miles. I never charge over 90% and this gives me a calculated by Tesla of 310 miles, so at 100% charge gives a theoretical 344 miles. But this is somewhat academic as i never normally drop below 10%. So working between 10% and 90% that gives a realistic working range of 275 miles.
On a normal week I charge it up to 75% using my SyncEV charger every couple of days.
To be honest range isn't an issue as I have more and more confidence in the cars predicted range.
May 2021 delivered MIC M3 LR, 3000 miles. I never charge over 90% and this gives me a calculated by Tesla of 310 miles, so at 100% charge gives a theoretical 344 miles. But this is somewhat academic as i never normally drop below 10%. So working between 10% and 90% that gives a realistic working range of 275 miles.
On a normal week I charge it up to 75% using my SyncEV charger every couple of days.
To be honest range isn't an issue as I have more and more confidence in the cars predicted range.
kelvin 660
White SR+ with LFP battery
That loss of 5.5% will be due to battery degradation as reported by the BMS. Therefore it may or may not be true, but probably is...
That is what I've started to do, up to 90% and then let it run down to 10 to 15% before charging. My feeling is that as a result the available range shown is now more realistic.
I've had the car since Mid May, now at 3000 miles average energy use 255w/hr per mile. I understand that the battery is a nominal 75kwh, but to prolong battery life I don't use the bottom 10% and the top 10%, so effectively 60kwh = 235 mile range.
But for a long run I do charge to 100% and run down to 5%, so 316 miles is possible, but I work on 300 miles, which is more than either of our ICE cars.
It will be interesting to see how this changes as winter draws on.
Louis0w
Member
Jason71
Well-Known Member
The irony is using the full range of the battery gives you the most accurate measure of range but is actually going to degrade the battery faster. If you keep discharging to a low state and or charging up to full since, based on generic tests, Li batteries really prefer to remain in the mid charge range.
So its like the Schrodinger's battery effect you can't know the true condition of your battery without altering it.
Jason71
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I really don’t think that, it was an ex demo with nearly 3000 miles on When I collected it, and showed 249 at full charge.
I remember driving it for about a month and updating software and it dropped to 236. I thought it’s because I live in a really hilly area and this overall average distance per charge would go down purely based on driving in the terrain.
With my very easy going driving style I’ve got quite a distance out of it on long journeys and remember working out with a little interpolation at 45/50 mph one long journey I figured 250 was do able. I’m very happy anyway, in fact joyed! What brilliant cars!
The displayed range doesn’t vary with driving style. Tesla basically just use miles for a proxy for available energy, the things that can change that are
- degradation
- temperature, a cold battery can’t hold/give up as much as a warm b
- inaccurate measurement due to drifted calibration
(I can’t think of another,there may be)
We’re about to enter the season of panicked owners reporting lower capacity
I have 544 km (338 miles) on a similar M3LR from 26/8-2021 at 4000 km (2486 miles). It has battery code E5CD, which I believe is the LG battery from China, but the car was shipped from Fremont, CA. By the way, I thought the capacity was 74.5 kWh total and about 71.5 kWh available? Greetings from Copenhagen, Denmark
Temperature over the two years I’ve owned the car seems to have zero correlation to the lowest 100% range numbers for me.
