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@@mrpicky1868 The main Tesla range estimate is calculated using a fixed EPA consumption figure and doesn’t adjust to your driving style this is why it is a good way of measuring degradation by comparing to the initial range estimate when the car was new. For a range figure that adapts to your current driving style you need to use the cars energy app.

@@notinthemanual that would be strange. as EPA estimations mean nothing in real world

@ Yes it is strange but it’s what they do. It’s fixed. The only thing it is useful for is measuring degradation. It has no use otherwise as it doesn’t adapt to your driving. I leave it on percentage like my phone and use the navigation and energy app range estimates as they adapt to driving style and conditions.

@@fredrickbarkley4638 No there isn’t a battery stat screen in the Tesla app here in Australia. I think in the US you can request this in the service section of the app.

@@pwatts8846 I’m glad my video was helpful. Enjoy your Y. I sold the 3 in this video and I have a Y now too and love it.

@@mrpauly01 Haha. Thanks. I still can’t believe the views this video gets. It really was an of the cuff thing after doing some research in addition to my experience with batteries. I’m so glad it has helped you. Many of your fellow countrymen have made the move 😜

@@mrpauly01 I do have more videos coming. I have had some vision issues this year which has made editing difficult.

@@NeeravBhatt It easy to forget about tyres. Most of us haven’t had cars this powerful either. I just hit 24000km and rotated again. Tyre wear is pretty even because of this rotation at 10000km.

@@TwanJaarsveld1 I think in the beginning you could make the horn sound anything you like while driving and it got banned.

@@kellsmadeit Thanks

@@cs6757 I’ve noticed the M3 Highlands here in Australia are much quieter in reverse.

@@gabriellaunderwood2353 Thanks. Yes the actuator has very tight tolerances and almost no free movement. From memory I think it is a stepper type motor which can lock and hold in position. The high ratio of the actuator assists with this so vibration cannot make it move either.

@@rocketrollsvlogs7625 The best accessory for a data nerd like me! Don’t watch my S3XY buttons video or you might part with some more money. Through their dashboard you can display a lot of data now. I will be uploading a full walkthrough of their Knob and dashboard in the next week or so.

@@rocketrollsvlogs7625 That’s great. You will love it. I have SMT running almost every drive. I just love watching the car do its thing. I’m glad my video is still useful. I spent years working on electric forklifts so you get pretty good at unplugging things.

​@notinthemanual equipment arrived today and I installed successfully. Thanks again for the help.

@@sashank14311 Thanks Sashank. I’ll be making another one soon that will focus on my 1yr old Model Y. I’ll cover some basics of LFP prismatic cells and degradation too.

@@JonNewell The sad part is it has improved since I made this video. Americans would think it works great. Make sure you have input language set to British English too.

@@nexusly6720 Since I made this video there are a few companies offering magnetic ones. I agree that would be much easier but as I said I don’t really use shades that often even here in Australia. I’ve owned Teslas for 3 years now and the glass roof issue tends to be overblown.

@@userinfo2081 That’s what I try and do with my videos and cover points that others skip over for the sake of making a 10min video. Sorry, I thought I had shown how to turn trailer mode off in my video. I’ll have to check. It’s been a while since filmed and edited this. Trailer mode can be deactivated in the Dynamic and steering section of the settings. You can then use AP as normal. The only AP feature that seems to be affected while towing is auto lane change. Normal AP functions just fine. I just caution people in this video to be careful when towing a trailer and using AP. I don’t recommend that. In normal circumstances AP works fine but in an emergency situation when the car needs to react it might not work well or if the trailer is affected by a cross wind. These scenarios would be difficult or dangerous to demonstrate. I use AP all the time with a bike rack fitted and it’s only auto lane change that doesn’t work due to the rear camera being blocked. It will randomly work sometimes though.

9:06 I show how to turn trailer mode off here. I have also created a chapter for it. Let me know if that’s what you are after.

@@Martinko_Pcik the good thing about LFP is most of these different charging methods make very little difference to the overall life and degradation. So choose a method that works for your situation. The worst thing to do is to drive around with your foot to the floor everywhere. High discharge current is just as bad as the opposite direction. Other don’ts are running down to zero or keeping it at 100% for long periods when the battery is at very high temps like after supercharging. Charging to 100% also has the benefit of balancing the cells. LFP needs balancing more often and unbalanced cells with lower voltage suffer more as they become a weak link. Even this is a minor thing with overall life when it comes to a well designed & built battery.

@@abelincoln3261 I agree but If you do put an LFP battery on charge it’s best to let it go to 100% for long term battery health to ensure cells are balanced. LFP cells have a slightly higher self discharge than other chemistries so need regular balancing. It’s probably still a minor difference in overall life but it’s a good habit to have. If you have ScanMyTesla hooked up you will see when the charge gets close to 100% how far the imbalance is and it’s surprising. This is when you see the true imbalance of the cells. I will demonstrate this in an upcoming video.

@@petefan1215 I’d be skeptical of most info out there. The best places for honest info are channels that are not trying to maximise views based off myths about battery life. I never call myself an expert I just use my experience with battery electric machinery to present data and share good info I find during research. LFP chemistry is pretty robust so best thing you can do is not over complicate it. At 100% SOC the LFP cells are only at 3.5-3.6v. This is not stressful for a lion-ion cell. They are under more stress if they are unbalanced which LFP cells are more prone to if not charged to 100% where most of the cell voltage balancing happens. I am very lucky to have the best charging situation where I can charge at work anytime I want and this is mostly from solar. My current charging habit is running it down to between 20-30% before I put it on charge. If I need to do an emergency 1000km trip I can stop at a supercharger 😉. I then leave it to charge to 100% while I am working. Most of the time I can get away with charging once a week but lately I have been charging twice a week. My theory is if you put it on charge just let it go to 100% where it will get some cell balancing. Then let it rest and stabilise for an hour or so after. No need to leave it plugged in. Only time you would leave it plugged in is if you want faster battery and cabin precondition. I have my car set to precondition every morning by 730am when I leave for work. This gives me a warm battery and a comfortable cabin. Fully cycling the battery from a lower SOC to 100% helps to maintain an accurate battery capacity measurement by the BMS. The capacity loss I talk about in some of my videos is degradation. No li-ion battery is immune to this. LFP will have a faster initial degradation over the first 50000km than other chemistries but will have less degradation over the whole lifetime. They tend to stabilise after a while. In saying that battery longevity comes down to a number of things, some are within your control like how you drive and not over discharging the battery, others are managed by the BMS like charging curves and thermal management. One of the unknowns is quality of manufacturing and additives to the battery chemistry. This will be proven in time but CATL are one of the best. So to sum up my answer I’d worry more about your driving habits than charging habits. How you discharge the energy can actually cause more damage than how you charge. Flooring the accelerator at every traffic light will not be good for your battery health.

@@petefan1215 Here is my video on fitting SMT. It was one of my first but still relevant. th-cam.com/video/UWXZMwNbv9A/w-d-xo.html

@@petefan1215 Sorry about the long reply. There is a lot to explain about batteries. I have a lot more videos planned I just haven’t had much time to get them done lately. I won’t bore you with all my excuses 😂 Reach out if you need anything else.

@@laughremixsquad Haha that’s great!

@@notinthemanual no shade, it’s just that the juice is in the middle.

@@laughremixsquad It’s fine. I make videos that I like to watch. I hate it when people leave out info just to make a 10min video. It would be easy to do this and get more views but then I would have to leave so much info out. It’s a reason why I put so many chapters in too.

@@notinthemanual thank you

@@headyhere Thanks. I wanted make videos to explain what happens in the background. Tesla are pretty far ahead of the competition with battery thermal management.

@@reggiebannister1080 LFP gives you the freedom to charge based on what suits you best as long as you top up to 100% every week or so. Just keep it simple and don’t think about it too much. I prefer to top up to 100% weekly so the battery has a proper balance at full charge. Some people prefer to just leave it plugged in every night and charge to 100% daily. They too have commented here having minimal degradation. I think your driving habits have more of an effect on battery health.

@@topeye4202 No your English is good enough for me to understand. What you are saying is correct 👍

@@creatorex1 Initial degradation will be more than NCM batteries and is expected. It’s been proven in other applications to taper off but we don’t have any 5-10year old LFP batteries in these Teslas yet. I will pull up some data for older LFP model 3s with higher km in my next video. I am going to make a video on my Model Y in the next few weeks. It’s just over 20000km. The

@@ShazaShuker Hi Shazar. No they don’t seem to make them for the new M3 Highland performance wheels. Only the 20” Uberturbines for the previous performance model.

@@lassewestvanghougaard4856 that’s pretty good thanks for sharing

@@enigmaticloremaster1700 I honestly have no idea what you are talking about. You can spell it out with dollar signs and other symbols if you are worried about it. No one has told me about this super secret chemical I’m not supposed to talk about. They left me out of that memo. There are no conspiracies on this channel.

@@notinthemanual the chemical is a PFAS chemical Bis-FASIs to be exact using the abbreviation. Each time I post the full chemical name of this chemical the post is never visible to the public. So it makes me wonder why they disallow this chemical to be named. Research it yourself and try to tell someone and you will see what I mean..

@@enigmaticloremaster1700 the abbreviated version of that chemical is enough everyone knows about that chemical it’s nothing secret

@@enigmaticloremaster1700 I don’t see the point of your comment. This video wasn’t a chemistry lesson. It’s obvious most goods we buy as consumers these days have nasty chemicals used in the material or the manufacturing process. It’s highly unlikely but if this PFAS chemical is used in batteries then at least it is contained in a battery and not burnt and spewed into the air for all of us to breathe in. There would be much worse chemicals than that used in manufacturing many products. I’ve always said if you want to save the environment don’t buy as much disposable products if you don’t need them especially cars, gas or electric. They all use a lot of resources and nasty chemicals to manufacture.

@@notinthemanual yes chemicals are used in many things that destroy the environment but most break down not bis-FASIs they stay in the environment forever. Are highly toxic to all lifeforms. My point is they have lied to us all saying how great and green this technology truly is. When it actually pollutes the planet much more than petroleum products ever could.

@@roeedakhalil6132 My channel is definitely not for you then 😂

@@geoffwoodgate7450 I agree this is an easy fix with a sensor or at least a sensitivity adjustment I think they got ahead of themselves with this and thought they could make it work like FSD years ago where they overpromised. Tesla is about minimising and simplifying and we are often the beta testers of features before they really should be released. As a Tesla owner I understand this but don’t always agree with it. The point of this video is to show that they are working very well right now. I can’t agree with you about Tesla as a whole though. The wiper issue is not a big deal in the scheme of things. It is very well known and the Model Y is still the best selling car. The trouble is the rest of the car is so far ahead of everyone else in many ways which makes the auto wipers seem like a bigger deal. We expect more. Other car companies take years to implement minor changes. I don’t particularly like Elon as a person but it’s a mistake to bet against him.

@@mjcapinto It disappointing but not the end of the world. Tesla makes decisions that other car companies take years to decide on. Sometimes this works out other times it makes you feel like a beta tester. I’d much rather own a car that improves over time. It’s a shame the auto wipers haven’t improved while so much else has.

@@angyeon I’m on .9 now too. Sounds like it’s not consistent for everyone. Mine still working close to perfect in light and heavy rain but dry wipes happening quite often. I can actually live with the dry wipes if it means they work well in rain. Maybe I got lucky. I do use the windscreen wash at the start of every drive though.

@@tariq7523 me too but while it’s raining they have been perfect. I never had the dry wipes until recently. I didn’t know what everyone was talking about.

@@ricardophelps6323 Legally it’s only if the speed limit is 80km/h and above here in Australia. There are so many buses stopping and cars turning on this road it’s not practical to stay in left lane. Maybe if I was driving slower than the traffic flow I would stay in left anyway but it’s not law here on slower roads.

@@stevenlam4802 Thanks Steven. That makes sense.

@@vhol93 Yeah sorry. I was very inexperienced back then…..actually I’m still inexperienced but have discovered the normalise audio function 😂

@@notinthemanual no worries ! I was a bit sleepy, was good to wake up! Hahahaha. Great video, mega informative. Keep up the great work :)