Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

I think this would be key - I know that someone earlier mentioned that they had suggested to Bjorn to test with a Sept deliver M3 and he did a very thorough video on that.

It would be somewhere higher than Sandyford that this would need to be escalated, and (with all due respect to Boards) it would need to be somewhere that more visible public noise could be made about it that will likely see results (Not sure of where that would be: Tweet Elon?, EV press or wide visibility blogs like Teslerati / Electrek, etc?)

There is a post on Tesla Motors Club too and there are posts on Reddit and tweets to Elon Musk to ask him why the buffer is so big too but no further comment from Tesla.

And I completely agree that Sandyford is too low in the chain but to actually get this in front of someone in Tesla that can do something is proving very difficult.

Anyone got some email addresses for people in Tesla HQ that we could target and highlight this to?

The problem is that Tesla are well aware about what's going on here. Very well aware of it. All the cloak and daggers they have surrounding their batteries and the total lack of transparency around them is the exact reason that allows them to do whatever they want, like this.

It's extremely dishonest behaviour

But as they have such a cult following the masses just bow to them without question.

People on here and one in particular on the TMC forum actively defending Tesla and being pure apologists for them, is scary. They will spend plenty of time blindly defending them rather than try and actually take time to properly look at the issue.

For me that is the important question. Why did Tesla decide the need for this buffer. If it is for calibration purposes it is very possible it will revert back to the original size. There was a case on the earlier deliveries when the car remained without power even with the display saying 4% left or something like that. Would this increased buffer protect drivers from such issues. Are the LFP batteries dropping the energy suddenly towards the lower limit and they need to see their behavior? Unrelated but when I got my car I couldn't charge faster than 140 kW, then 170 kW and later on reached 237kW. It is kinda known they do this with new chemistries. Would it be possible they do the same with buffers and release them based on the driving patterns/usage?

Some nice software updates today particularly the energy app. More stats!

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%+!