Tesla Talk

Not in my experience. I regularly go out on journeys were my expected battery level upon return is -1 to -4%. And regularly go down to 0% several km before I get home. @liamog is correct in his assessment that it depends on the car though. But sure what would we know, we have been driving full EVs almost exclusively between the two of us for over 15 years combined

i doubt you do that at all tbh, I know how you operate you are incredibly diligent. Youll forgive my scepticism because there is a penchant to narrate a story based on who the poster is (me) the fact that unkel the EV guy drives around below range is fanciful. You operate on an almost OCD level of how much it costs to operate your EV. I dont see how youd abandon all of that.

Heres the reality , poster makes sensible point about journey planning and taking risks. Poster B takes it as a slight on their car choice and goes to battle. (Liam is that poster) cant have a basic legitmate conversation making a sensible point....

Yes, I do. If it means getting to a charging location like Ionity Merklingen with about a dozen Ionity and a dozen superchargers and 3 or 4 different food outlets then you would be thankful of the 15 kilometers.

Well no it's not dicey actually. I just wouldn't be stupid enough to plan 1000km journeys with 15km left over on stops. That would be stupid. Also I didn't misrepresent anything you said.

Everything comes back to how great your Tesla is. You make it your very being.

Legitimately saying to someone. Hey maybe don't leave the car with 15km on it if your planning long trips is a good idea (which is what I said) you felt attacked. Weird stuff. Very Very weird stuff

I would only go to zero in a tesla, precisely because of how accurate the trip planner is. I've owned three teslas and probably well over 125k km in them at this stage. Other EVs I wouldnt be confident going that low because it simply doesnt get displayed correctly.

The only other exception would be my leaf24, but that's because of the small battery and the fact leafspy is invaluable.

That being said, my current tesla, the LFP 3, has 40-60km of range past zero so I doubt I'd notice 15km. The passengers would though, the kids and mrs have range anxiety still.

Incorrect. Merklingen has 40 SUC stalls :)

my current tesla, the LFP 3, has 40-60km of range past zero

Where have people taken this information from?

Do people think there's a 65kWh battery in the LFP Model 3, with 7-8kWhs hidden?

If it's the Bjorn video from years ago, when Tesla were regularly messing with the buffer & hiding 7/8kWh, then that ended long, long ago.

Scan My Tesla (with OBD) doesn't show any significant buffer.

I've seen several post this here now. If it's not correct, it could lead to someone getting stranded on the road.

Happy to be corrected, but I can post the data from SMT, from either of our LFP M3s, both are the same.

Scan My Tesla shows a 2.6kWh buffer. At a realistic average of 14kWh/100km, that's 18kms.

I'd not be depending on any BMS to reliably & accurately predict, absolute zero, on an LFP battery…..I'd say even going 10kms past 0% SoC, on a Model 3 LFP, wouldn't be wise.

Each to their own, but misleading information could have unfortunate consequences for someone reading these posts.

What would you recommend checking @Gumbo ?

Mine is up on Sept 9th but everything seems to be fine.

Hard to argue with that as a service.