TimothyHW3
Active Member
Could be, but that would mean they have to make a 4th type of battery pack with the new cells just for that LR E3D, why bother?the high density cells in the E3D packs
And while they are adding a new 4th variant, why not just hardware lock it (put less cells), instead of putting 4-5kWh more and soft locking them? If you multiply that by 100,000 or so cars that is at least 50 Million $ in extra batteries just thrown out the window. And Tesla is known for removing floor matts and baggage hooks just to save cash...
That doesn't make any sense whatsoever. Remember - the only reason we have the LG is, because Panasonic couldn't make enough of these dense cells, so if they had enough dense cells, they would've just put 82 on all cars.
The only real explanation is that these, now soft locked, batteries must surely be the battery they have been putting since around Q3, a new variant P which is 2 itterations later than my old one (I know in early 2020 they had a N-Variant, because I have seen one so this is a newer one)
It also seems that at some point in November (at least in European cars) they stopped putting Panasonic E3D batteries and started puting only or predominantly LG batteries. So the tactics might be to run with LG in LR and Panasonic 82 in Performance until they can build the fat cells themselves and ditch all the bozos.
OR
Panasonic has finished the ramp up and Tesla starts putting only 82 in all LR cars. It is anyone's guess.
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