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The EPA consumption number accounts for charging losses, while the EPA range number does not.

The 4.9% vehicle standby consumption is over how long?

Except that service loaners have not been offered for a while.

Maybe it has a preference to end on the right side of the street at the destination?

Since there are now aftermarket stalk kits available, someone who prefers stalks or is not sure may want to look into that (with consideration of the cost of the aftermarket stalk kits).

Apparently, Tesla Model 3 drivers reporting to Recurrent average 28% worse efficiency (39% greater consumption) than the EPA drivers / test. (Not LFP, since LFP is too new, but effects of driving habits should be similar.)...

https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/how-long-do-ev-batteries-last Study says that Tesla Model 3 drivers reporting to Recurrent were getting about 72% of EPA range with new cars, 64% after three years. 72->64 is about 12% loss, which is apparently considered fairly typical for NCA batteries...

At less than 2,000 miles per year, perhaps the car spent a lot of time parked at a high state of charge (>55% for an NCA battery like a 2019 SR+ has)? I.e. if the customer habitually charged it every day to 80% and drove <10 miles per day so that the car normally does not get below about 75%...

At L3, the Mercedes-Benz Drive Pilot does not require constant supervision (like L2), but can require a human driver to take over at any time when it detects an upcoming situation beyond its ability (one example for this system is a construction zone).

TL;DR -- turn on PIN-to-drive if you are concerned about this method of car theft. (But there are still other ways to steal a car, such as using a tow truck.)

Looked at the VIN of my 2022 Model 3 base with LFP battery. The seventh character is E.

| Tesla says that E = Li-Ion Battery and F = Lithium Iron Phosphate Battery. However, a Lithium Iron Phosphate (LFP) battery is a type of Li-Ion battery, so either E or F could be literally correct for an LFP battery.

Since your location is listed as NJ, you may want to take a look at New Jersey's lemon law, assuming that NJ is New Jersey. https://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/News/Brochures/Lemon-Law-Road-to-Relief-Brochure.pdf

For those in California, the lemon law presumptions on "reasonable" number of repair attempts are listed here: https://www.dca.ca.gov/acp/pdf_files/lemonlaw_qa.pdf Same problem after four or more attempts. Two unsuccessful attempts for a problem that could cause death or serious bodily injury...

That would not be unusual. Bypassing the lemon law(suit) process when repurchasing a "lemon" vehicle costs less than going through the lemon law(suit) process where lawyers also get paid. So if the car falls under the state lemon law, the vehicle company has some incentive to make a repurchase...