Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

Yeah.

In fairness tesla were very forthcoming with the information. Excellent in fact. I believe that tesla may have changed the cell make up of the lfp recently and are still gathering real world data so have increased the buffer to be extra cautious.

Look, it's all good as at least I know the facts now. I was worried that something was draining the battery but now I know that's not the issue.

Basically 100% to 1% = 52kWh

It's good to know.

Be interesting to know what the SR+ delivered to Ireland earlier this year was.

Yes, I notice this daily. Happens when car in front moves a few feet

Yeah i'm not sure if the buffer will/can be adjusted over time but lets hope so. Looking online deliveries last March had a much smaller buffer so i'm guessing that they have changed the battery chemistry of late.

Yes they confirmed that past 0% you still have another 6kw approx of range - so depending on how you are driving that should be between 40 and 50km. But you know yourself, no one likes going past zero!

You'll notice that even at 1% battery there is no real loss in power which is extraordinary for an EV - it all points to there big a big buffer and at least it was nice to have it confirmed by Tesla. TBH the lads in Dublin don't really know until the cars start landing exactly what is being delivered in terms of battery - they can only really do diagnostics as and when the cars start arriving as every shipment varies due to the constantly evolving battery tech.

Even RSymons reviewed the MIC M3 a few months back and found a usable battery of 57kWh back then - just goes to show you how things can change in a few months.

just to add as a rough guess to where they claimed 440km range comes from:

Based off a battery capacity of 52kWh you would need to be doing 8.46km per kWh to achieve 440km

Or in other words 118 wh/km

Anyone able to achieve them kind of numbers you deserve a medal - for me that acceleration is too hard to resist :)

Cheers

I have used 53kwh according to the trip screen from 100% to 4% in my RWD that I picked up 3 weeks ago so it does go beyond 52kwh and still have battery remaining for me.

No where else that I have ever seen has indicated that there is only 52kwh usable in the RWD so until this is tested properly I would not be taking it as true

I am referring to what I have been told about my battery directly by tesla. Maybe all are not the same snd there may be outliers depending on build date. Others they have look at in this September batch also have 52kWh.

So I will certainly be taking it as true for my battery!

As I said interesting to see if people report otherwise like yourself.

On day 32 you loose day 1 and so on

and remember not all tesla's are built the same - depending on build date etc. you may well get a M3 RWD with more usable capacity than mine or others in this batch so all feedback and updates etc. are welcome. Remember its not a p***ing contest (my battery is bigger than yours) just an informative discussion.

What are the 1st 3 digits of the last 6 numbers of your VIN if that makes sense e.g. 403xxx mine are 403 just wondering on the batch yours was built in

This is not confirmed information. I got 55kWh out of my pack - sept 9th collected - from 100% to ~5% so it's not accurate for all cars.

Where is it confirmed? All I see is your post #7532 above which doesnt have any verified information. I know the displayed energy in my car was 55kWh used, I have a 220km trip on saturday so I will zero the trip and take screenshot after.

Mine has WLTP 491km also (plus a couple km extra for Aeros 🙂). Mine's a late 2021/early 2022 SR+ LFP, so it was up from the earlier models that had ~448km WLTP (with other battery tech, NCA, I think)

I've occasionally charged with 55 kWh or more (reported in-App and Car, car was parked with no sentry / aircon, radio, etc. So I believe that's the amount received and does not include losses that would be included in values on the charge point).