Anyone tried making their model 3 performance front wheel drive only through track mode and testing efficiency? I know Porsche Taycan does this in Eco mode and decouples rear motor. Would be neat to test!
Posted Feb 1, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC
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Track mode will not fully disable any motor no matter what setting you use.
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Also track mode cranks up the battery cooling to full blast, so even if there was a slight efficiency to be gained by going to just one motor it would probably be negated by that.
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Front wheel drive would be less efficient in the model 3. The rear is the permanent magnet motor.
This depends on when it was made though, right?
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They’re talking about the physical motor hardware, not a setting.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tesla_Model_3
Interior Permanent Magnet (IPM) synchronous rear & induction motor front
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No model 3 has always been rear perm. Model s/x switched last year to front but not sure if the new ones will keep that.