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For what it's worth Tesla has been limiting how fast older models are able to charge at superchargers, with the stated goal of extending battery longevity. I gu

For what it's worth Tesla has been limiting how fast older models are able to charge at superchargers, with the stated goal of extending battery longevity. I guess there's some truth to the stated goal, but I imagine it was more about nudging people to start charging at home. The affected models happen to be a lot of those with unlimited supercharging. I think the offer they've made is a decent one. Looking at my charging habits I would actually have preferred the $5k rebate over 6 years of supercharging. I wouldn't want to spend 30 minutes every week at supercharger, and charging over-night at home is dirt cheap.

Reason077 3y ago
> "For what it's worth Tesla has been limiting how fast older models are able to charge at superchargers, with the stated goal of extending battery longevity." This limitation is not based on the vehicle model you drive but based on the age and condition of the battery. Certain high-milage battery packs that have been supercharged frequently during their life tend to be the ones affected. But if you replace an old, rate-limited battery with a new (or newer) one, you get back the full charging speed.
- vegardx 3y ago
  You're right. But they only recently started removing the rate-limiting when you got a new pack, which there was a lot of fuss about. I imagine there's quite an overlap of cars with unlimited supercharging and frequent supercharging.
flockonus 3y ago
> charging over-night at home is dirt cheap Today it is, but "energy crisis" headlines are pilling up.
bacchusracine 3y ago
>Tesla has been limiting how fast older models are able to charge at superchargers, with the stated goal of extending battery longevity. Apple didn't get away with slowing down iPhones for this stated purpose, what makes Tesla think they can get away with it?
- WastingMyTime89 3y ago
  Tesla didn’t try to hide it and it’s only affecting charging not the overall performance of the car?
  - augment003 3y ago
    Apple didn’t try to hide it either. They just didn’t make it public enough.
- whitemary 3y ago
  Yes, they did. The fine was a lot less than they profited from planned obsolescence.

Reason077 3y ago

> "For what it's worth Tesla has been limiting how fast older models are able to charge at superchargers, with the stated goal of extending battery longevity." This limitation is not based on the vehicle model you drive but based on the age and condition of the battery. Certain high-milage battery packs that have been supercharged frequently during their life tend to be the ones affected. But if you replace an old, rate-limited battery with a new (or newer) one, you get back the full charging speed.

vegardx 3y ago
You're right. But they only recently started removing the rate-limiting when you got a new pack, which there was a lot of fuss about. I imagine there's quite an overlap of cars with unlimited supercharging and frequent supercharging.

flockonus 3y ago

> charging over-night at home is dirt cheap Today it is, but "energy crisis" headlines are pilling up.

bacchusracine 3y ago

>Tesla has been limiting how fast older models are able to charge at superchargers, with the stated goal of extending battery longevity. Apple didn't get away with slowing down iPhones for this stated purpose, what makes Tesla think they can get away with it?

WastingMyTime89 3y ago
Tesla didn’t try to hide it and it’s only affecting charging not the overall performance of the car?
- augment003 3y ago
  Apple didn’t try to hide it either. They just didn’t make it public enough.
whitemary 3y ago
Yes, they did. The fine was a lot less than they profited from planned obsolescence.