Tesla Model 3 - V3.0

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.

Keep us posted if your future tests show the buffer is reduced permanently. And thanks again for all the info. and keeping us all updated, much appreciated.

Yeah thanks for testing this and hopefully that extra buffer lasts now and if it does then I will be doing this myself!

..LOL...

So just a quick update for those interested in the buffer issue.

Tonight i ran a test - had to bomb up the M1 this evening to the beautiful town of Drogheda so it was perfect.

At 80% i had used 11 kWh and it was probably in the region of about 11.3kWh as it had changed to 11kWh a couple of mins previously. This would indicate a usable in the range of 55 to 56kWh.

I tried to take a photo but it was a bit blurred.

I had to stop in Drogheda for an hour or so, therefore i obviously had to use Sentry Mode.

At the end of my journey i had 67% remaining and used about 18.3kWh. So extrapolated again around the 55kWh usable mark.

All in all i have never been able to extrapolate beyond 52kWh so the buffer seems to have been reduced for now at least. I can't see why the next software upgrade would reverse that but i'll keep an eye on it.

I'm not recommending this to anyone but obviously everyone is free to do what they want. I have seen on another forum someone left their car at 6% overnight and it woke up with 12%, so who knows.

In light of recent price drops of the MY RWD, do you guys think the M3LR will drop below 60k? Is GigaBerlin also producing the M3?

Yes I agree, it is my range of 300km for a 100% charge is what I am worried about, Is 300km for a full charge about right? Thanks

Anyone else having issues viewing Sentry events on the UI? It was working fine but lately I'm getting the event notification but no recorded video in the Sentry list. I tried re-formatting the USB drive and plugging it out/in, but still no videos appear. Anyone else experiencing the same? (with Sept RWD)