I read BYD Seal owner, she drove 150kmh from KL - JB, the battery is still sufficient even at that speed for long drive driving. Even we know the weakness for EV is at high speed driving

This post has been edited by ayamxxx: Mar 23 2024, 10:16 PM

Wow impressive. Never expected this from Seal. I would consider Seal if not because of their limited OBC 7kw.
My condo charges RM 8/hour for 11kw charger. If plug in BYD Seal, I will only get 3.7kw.

For this speed:
180wh /km ~ 200 wh/km

Depend how many ppl + luggage
Depend how hard u press the pedal

For easy calculation , normally on outstation trip,we use this as a general calculation:

1% battery = 3 km ~5km


Ard 160km/h speed = 1% battery can go 3km

Ard 130km/h speed = 1% battery can go 4km

Ard 110km/h speed = 1% battery can go 5km

So even speeding all the way(160kmh) from kl to Penang / JB
100% battery sure can arrive (3LR)

But in reality, nowadays even midnight, nse is full of lorry and truck
So average speed we have are ard 130kmh along the nse highway
Somemore always have construction+ accident jam, avg speed even lower

So no need worry the battery when outstation,if u have long range model
Normally we arrive Penang/ jb @ 20%++ battery,no matter how fast we drive

I think some might ask , how about 160kmh above?
U will see the battery drop like hell

180kmh- 200kmh
I see the screen show 300- 350wh/km

But its irrelevant in Malaysia traffic nowadays
Impossible to keep this speed in nse nowadays
Too many car + lorry

P/s:
Please drive carefully ,not encourage to drive fast,just sharing example,how far long range can go

One more tips :
Make sure the tyre pressure is good

We once have lower tyre pressure
we ignore the message on the screen
The efficiency are not good

Ya,
Once above certain speed
Will see the battery drop exponentially

From my experience
3LR threshold speed is 140kmh
Once above this speed
Will notice the battery drop very fast

This post has been edited by sansaboy: Mar 24 2024, 08:41 PM

Incoming shipment of Tesla to Malaysia

Congrats to the new owners.

does model Y receive those improvment like the FSD absorbers ? acoustics glass for side windows, etc ?

Acoustics glass yes, comes with "improved suspension". not sure is it the frequency dependent suspension like on M3.

Heard from the sale advisor. Free wall charger promotion last until this month.

they said this since last year haha

Since Oct'23...

I think Wall Connector is standard one la, but nowadays apparently only for panel loan bank. Cash and carry type tarak.

meaning if not from panel loan bank, then no free wall connector?

Taboo topic.
For you current owners ya, what's your take on the battery replacement strategy ya?
Tesla claims that its EVs batteries can last between 300,000 to 500,000 miles.. which translate to 500,000 to 800,000 km by our standards.

For me none of my car ever exceed 150,000 km before i change car(s).

But wondering what is the general opinion here?
yeah yeah, i also read that the battery tech. will probably improved in the coming years, like them getting cheaper or just replace/refurbished part of the battery instead of a 1-1 replacement.

So just use it and worry later or be prepare to fork out 50-60k MYR to replace it eventually when it died a decade or so later..

Currently Home Charging Program 2.0 states this, previously nope.

Any good mobile connector to introduce? (Other than the Tesla original 1)

Good question.
Actually been asked this almost every day by neighbors, customer, supplier & etc
Whenever they saw i driving ev

My answer is simple :
Enjoy now, think later la
Life is too short
Tesla cover 8 years/ 160k km warranty for battery
May be I cant last longer than 8 years pun...heheh

We treat it like business expenses,since we use it as workhorse
Most probably just trade in to Tesla Malaysia
Buy another new Tesla then
If still have tax advantage la

We consider 1 of the cheapest country to buy model 3 now.
And with solar powered or Tesla destination charger also save few thousand RM electric per year alr lo

If you really keep your Tesla beyond 8 years / 160k km, and touch wood have to change battery,then
the electric/fuel saving along 8 years
Consider net net lo

So,
Don't think too much ,just enjoy now la
From the beginning we alr saving huge chunk of tax /AP fees alr lo

I usually drive around 140-150km/h on PLUS highway and the consumption is around 180wh/km which is pretty good for me.

Just use it and you don't even need to worry later because more often than not the battery will only degrade over the years instead of just dying out of the blue. Maybe after a decade or so the battery capacity is left at 70% but it's still more than usable!

This post has been edited by HotshotS: Mar 25 2024, 07:14 PM

Yup
I also get the same efficiency range

EV Efficiency is an under-rated selling point

If an EV have good efficiency like 3LR(highland)
= no more range anxiety
= Save money on charging
= Less charging stop
= Still have good amount of usable rangle ,even after aged battery degrading few years later

Example:
Most popular KL --- JB / Penang route
3LR no need stop for charging along the route ,even avg speed above 140km/h
Can arrive @ soc 20% ++

So we always charge the car to 90%- 95% only for kl - Penang/jb trip
1 -no need wait the slow charging speed above 95%
2 -95% above no Regen, tak suka
3- preserve battery health,long term wise ( this is controversial)

We only charge to 100% for further remote area like Desaru,alor star

This post has been edited by sansaboy: Mar 25 2024, 06:20 PM

Agreed to most of what you said. Nobody will know what will happen in 8 years time. Also a big plus of owning a EV is we get to save the world. JK
Tesla cover 8 years/ 160k km warranty for battery -> This is which ever comes first right?

RWD is 8 years or 160,000km, whichever comes first.
AWD is 8 years or 192,000km, whichever comes first.

To me, high chance likely before this figure come, you already butt itchy change car.