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Just look for @ggr Roadster... It's had the upgrade for a while, but driving "incognito"I'd love to spot an R80 in the wild.
It sure was! 2 days. I know that other 3.0 battery installs have not gone as smoothly.That was a fast install.
The only part of the 3.0 upgrade package that Tesla originally announced in 2015 (5 items: bigger battery, undescribed aero body changes, brake mods, new wheel bearings, different tires with lower rolling resistance) that has been made available is the bigger battery. That is what I got. Tesla has not offered for sale any of the other items, and has said nothing about their possible future availability, with the exception of a comment (someone check me to make sure I've got this right) by J.B. Straubel at the 2016 shareholders meeting that they had identified different tires but did not say when or if they would be available. It is somewhat mysterious to me that Tesla has been so quiet about those items.Did they do any aerodynamic changes, as they had previously announced as part of the upgrade?
The only part of the 3.0 upgrade package that Tesla originally announced in 2015 (5 items: bigger battery, undescribed aero body changes, brake mods, new wheel bearings, different tires with lower rolling resistance) that has been made available is the bigger battery. That is what I got. Tesla has not offered for sale any of the other items, and has said nothing about their possible future availability, with the exception of a comment (someone check me to make sure I've got this right) by J.B. Straubel at the 2016 shareholders meeting that they had identified different tires but did not say when or if they would be available.
Yeah, 'cause the service center didn't know the badge existed... hopefully soon it won't be incognito any more.Just look for @ggr Roadster... It's had the upgrade for a while, but driving "incognito"
View attachment 184469 Picking my Roadster up now.
As I said upthread...Is the 0-60 performance faster, slower, or about the same?
In any case, I do not have the ability to measure accurate 0-60 times nor the inclination. Since the motor and inverter are unchanged, and the 3.0 battery is believed to be somewhat heavier, I see no reason to think that the 0-60 time is reduced, and in fact it might be fractionally greater. I don't really don't care.I am out of the country for the next two weeks...
As I said upthread...
In any case, I do not have the ability to measure accurate 0-60 times nor the inclination. Since the motor and inverter are unchanged, and the 3.0 battery is believed to be somewhat heavier, I see no reason to think that the 0-60 time is reduced, and in fact it might be fractionally greater. I don't really don't care.
As I said upthread...
In any case, I do not have the ability to measure accurate 0-60 times nor the inclination. Since the motor and inverter are unchanged, and the 3.0 battery is believed to be somewhat heavier, I see no reason to think that the 0-60 time is reduced, and in fact it might be fractionally greater. I don't really don't care.
I don't recall Tesla making that statement, especially considering that Tesla has been extremely stingy about releasing any details on the 3.0 battery or upgrade package (which has yet to appear.I'm pretty sure that it was stated (by Tesla?) that, while the 3.0 battery is "a little heavier", the ability to draw more instantaneous current makes up for the heavier battery - maintaining the 3.9/3.7 0-60 time
I do not remember a public statement from Tesla, but I called and asked after the pack was announced, and was told the 0-60 "should be" unchanged.
Got a call from my SC and it seems there is new badging for the Roadsters with the 3.0 battery and they want me to come in to have it put on. If I understood it correctly the badging says "R80". Has anyone seen it? I am not one that cares much about badging so I am not sure I really want it.
Hmmm Either I imagined, it...or it appeared in that mythical Google Doc from Tesla that got posted here (and was taken down an hour later, never to be seen again.)
They would have to upgrade the PEM in order to provide more current to the motor so with a greater weight but same torque the 0-60 time would be slower. Perhaps we can drag race an R80 vs normal batteries
And I wonder why that blue Roadster had two R80 badges on it? I only got one on my car. Not that I wanted two, I think that looks odd, but I'm just curious why that car you saw had two.Yes the picture I took of the electric blue R80 was at the Fremont factory service center parking lot.
They would have to upgrade the PEM in order to provide more current to the motor so with a greater weight but same torque the 0-60 time would be slower. Perhaps we can drag race an R80 vs normal batteries