Charge settings
5-4 Charging your vehicle
Note: The charge process slows down as the
Battery approaches a full charge. Therefore,
reaching a high level of charge is much
quicker than reaching a full charge.
Charge set tings
About charge settings
Your vehicle has been set up with default
charging settings. However, you can override
these default settings. You may want to
optimize the charging environment when
storing your vehicle, or you may want to
extend the vehicle’s driving range. You can
also reduce the default charge current, set a
time that you want charging to begin, and
display your electrical cost per charge.
Charge settings can be changed using the
Touch Screen. The various charge settings
are summarized below. For details on how to
use the Touch Screen to adjust settings, refer
to the Touch Screen Users Manual, provided
in your owners package.
Four charge modes
The charge mode always defaults to
Standard charge. In other words, changing
the charge type is a one-time event—the
charge type reverts back to Standard the
next time the charging port door is opened
after the vehicle has been driven over a tenth
of a mile (.16 kms).
Storage
If you are not using the vehicle for an
extended period of time, Tesla recommends
leaving the vehicle plugged in and setting the
charge type to Storage.
This setting charges the Battery to a medium
level of charge to ensure the maximum
lifetime of the cells within the Battery, while
also maintaining the integrity of the vehicle’s
electronic systems, such as the security
system.
This charge setting is automatically cancelled
and reverts back to Standard if the vehicle’s
charging port door is opened after the
vehicle has been driven over a tenth of a mile
(.16 kms).
If the vehicle is driven after being charged
using the Storage setting, the range of the
vehicle will be limited because the charge
level is lower than the other charge types.
This is temporary and returns to normal after
charging the vehicle using the Standard
setting.
Standard
By default, the vehicle is set up to charge
using the Standard charge setting—this
setting provides the best performance while
also maximizing the life of the Battery.
Range
This setting charges the Battery to the
maximum available level. It also limits the
vehicle’s power by 50%. The result is that the
vehicle can achieve the maximum number of
miles possible on a single charge.
To preserve the life of the Battery, this charge
setting is automatically cancelled and reverts
back to Standard after 72 hours or when the
vehicle’s charging port door is opened after
the vehicle has been driven over a tenth of a
mile (.16 kms).
Caution: Repeated use of the Range
charge setting reduces the lifetime of
the cells within the Battery.
Performance
This setting is available for those rare times in
which you want to achieve maximum power
and hence, minimize the time it takes to
accelerate from 0-60 mph (0-100 kmh). Use
this setting with caution because it allows the
Battery to run at a higher temperature—
which reduces the life of the cells within the
Battery. Frequent use of this setting is
strongly discouraged.
Charge
Specification
(amps/voltage)
Charge TIme
in Standard
mode
Charge Time
in Range
mode
12A/120V 48 hours 54 hours
15A/120V 37 hours 41.5 hours
10A/240V 23.5 hours 26.5 hours
13A/240V 18 hours 20 hours
16A/240V 14.5 hours 16 hours
24A/240V 10 hours 11 hours
30A/240V 8 hours 9 hours
32A/240V 7.5 hours 8 hours
40A/240V 6.2 hours 7 hours
48A/240V 5.3 hours 6 hours
56A/240V 4.7 hours 5 hours
64A/240V 4.2 hours 4.7 hours
70A/240V 4 hours 4.5 hours
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