{"id":65341,"date":"2024-01-08T10:54:43","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=65341"},"modified":"2024-01-08T10:54:43","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T15:54:43","slug":"tesla-efficiency-package-amid-range-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=65341","title":{"rendered":"Tesla prepares new ‘efficiency package’ amid range concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tesla is preparing to launch a new \u201cefficiency package\u201d across most of its electric vehicle lineup amid range concerns.<\/p>\n

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Tesla has long been the leader in efficiency for electric vehicles \u2013 getting more range out of smaller battery packs than most of its competitors.<\/p>\n

Some have caught up now and on top of it, there are growing concerns that Tesla might be too optimistic with its range estimates.<\/p>\n

Recently, the automaker had to reduce the estimated ranges of most of its electric vehicle lineup<\/a> following a rule change by the EPA.<\/p>\n

Now, several reports based on Tesla software updates, including one from infamous Tesla hacker Green, claim that Tesla is preparing to launch a new \u201cefficiency package\u201d for Model Y, Model S, and Model X:<\/p>\n

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2023.44.30.8 brings us this knowledge about upcoming hardware:
Mexico-UNECE homologated Model Y
Model Y will get Stealth Grey color
Models Y, S and X efficiency package 2024
Model S and X also get a new steering wheel and yokes with “mechanical horn”<\/p>\n

\u2014 green (@greentheonly) January 5, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

It\u2019s not clear what the \u201cefficiency package\u201d entails exactly, but Tesla did introduce something called the same in the Model 3 with the 2021 refresh<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For Model Y, Tesla\u2019s most popular vehicle by far, two trims saw their ranges drop below the 300-mile mark, which is an important psychological range number for many buyers.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s possible that Tesla is looking to improve efficiency in its vehicles to gain back the range lost due to the EPA rule change.<\/p>\n

However, it is important to note that the recent range change is only for the EPA estimated advertised range, and the actual range or efficiency of the vehicles has not change.<\/p>\n

This new efficiency package should actually make Tesla vehicles more efficient and therefore, it should result in more range.<\/p>\n

Electrek\u2019s Take<\/h2>\n

I love efficiency, and I am curious to see what this new package entails exactly. Electric vehicles are already much more efficient than internal combustion engine vehicles, but there\u2019s also quite a spectrum of efficiency in the EV world.<\/p>\n

For example, you can\u2019t compare a Hummer EV and a Tesla Model 3 \u2013 even though they are both battery-electric vehicles.<\/p>\n

I just hope that it\u2019s an actual efficiency package and not just Tesla removing some features, like it did to counter the EPA rule change.<\/p>\n

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