Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I totally understand what you are saying but all of the range stats are completely off as its comparing apples and oranges.

If they simply reduced the 0-100% range to reflect accurately what was available then at least the stats would tie together.

Take for example the energy app and the tesla app itself. It's all over the shop because of the inconsistencies. Anyone taking the stats at face value are being completely mugged.

What are deivery waiting times if you order now? I am looking at a model 3lr.

You could have any of these pretty much immediately as they are all sitting in Dublin at this point.

https://www.tesla.com/en_IE/inventory/new/m3?TRIM=LRAWD&arrangeby=relevance&zip=&range=0

Possible also there may be an incentive to tweaking the buffer in order to preserve battery health over the longer term, which reduces the potential for battery warranty issues also?

Spotted my total range has dropped from 490 odd to 430 this morning after full charge.

It was cold thos morning so ignored it but its warmer now and range hasn't increased. Was there anything in the software update that would have increased the buffer size by any chance?

2k km done to date sp would have expected buffer to have sorted itself out by now?

It's 14c now and no increase from 4c earlier.

I know cold temp drops range but hard to call 14c cold, sure its a fine day out there.

Do you have a September delivered RWD?

If so I would say you have a 7kWh buffer now like many others on here that are reporting it and thus your "usable" range for 100-0% has now dropped by about 10%+!

Definitely change to percentage, it will stop your range anxiety.

Also think the buffer issue should deserve another thread, the info will get lost in here and not easy to reference.

The prediction is usually accurate but because the September delivered cars have a 7kwh buffer instead of a 2.5kwh buffer there is about 10% of energy left after the percentage reads 0% so that is what I mean by the percentage not being accurate..

So, something I tried last night. I ran the battery right down to zero (still had full power at 0% indicative of a high buffer) - screenshot below:

I then let the car go to sleep and disconnected my bluetooth from the phone so it would not wake the car up by accident. I let the car sit overnight at 0% and did not plug in the charger for scheduled charging as this would initially start a charging session, if even for a second. I woke the car up after 8am and magically the car was showing 6% battery, indicating that some of the buffer had been unlocked during the sleep.

So let's say 52kWh was equal to 94% so the 6% there this morning just over 3kWh.

Obviously impossible to say if this will be permanently unlocked but interesting how the deep sleep at 0% unlocked something, whether it is permanent or not only a test run or a phonecall to Tesla will tell in time.

You've probably done damage to the cells sitting at that low SOC in the cold overnight, lucky they are LFP.

It's the same in Bjorn's videos of the issue, as it gets to zero and you keep driving, you see in SMT more and more of the buffer is unlocked. This is temporary though. It was and is the same in other Tesla cars when the buffer was introduced.