Now delivered to Europe until the Gigafactory in Berlin is operational next year, the Tesla Model 3 Standard Autonomie Plus made in China appears to have some battery problems in low temperatures, according to users who have worried. the abnormal behavior of their car.
Chinese owners of the electric sedan reported a decline in range, starting with a motorist from Beijing. He uses his car for short trips, and the Model 3 is parked outdoors during the day, and in a covered parking lot at night. When he charges his car, he explains that the indicated range is 420 km, but that the battery is almost empty after 210 km. After an hour of charging, the motorist said he saw his battery go back to 100%.
Some other motorists would be unable to charge their Tesla Model 3 to 100%. Responsibility would actually fall on the manufacturer CATL, whose less expensive lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries would also be less well verified, and therefore more prone to problems.
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The hasty launch of the LFP project at CATL would indeed have precipitated the brand in its production and the quality control cycle would therefore be less well followed. While waiting for a confirmation, and above all a solution arrives from CATL or the firm of Elon Musk, a return to nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) batteries could take place.
An operation which would then be facilitated by the fact that the supplier of these cells, LG Chem, recently increased its production capacity to follow Tesla’s request. In addition, it was this battery configuration that was most widely used until October 2020.
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