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Battery Health after 12 mo

Psychological-Dot103 | 2025-11-24 17:48 | 67 views

I got a 2025 model 3 recently. It is about a year old and has battery health at 95%. Just did the test. Is this degradation more than expected

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Fantastic-Army-7671 2025-11-24 17:49

Nope seems very normal

lordbancs 2025-11-24 17:56

Nice! I have similar numbers on my 24 M3P. My 1 year came up back in August and it was 97%. Now I think it’s somewhere between 95% and 96%

Dmiller360 2025-11-24 17:57

The degradation doesn’t linearly fall off. Your car will hit long plateaus where the battery will degrade slower. 95% seems normal.

AWildDragon 2025-11-24 17:57

How many miles? That is probably more important.

ExternalAd4161 2025-11-24 18:13

Nice did you mainly use supercharging or home charging ?

GreatNameNotTaken 2025-11-24 18:13

How do you check this?

RecurrentAuto 2025-11-24 18:16

According to our data on thousands of Tesla Model 3 vehicles, most experience 3-5% degradation in the first year, with the rate slowing significantly afterward. As others mentioned, battery degradation isn't linear. You'll likely see your battery health stabilize and enter longer plateaus where degradation becomes much slower. Our data shows that after the initial break-in period, Tesla batteries typically retain excellent capacity for years to come. Can't upload the chart but you can see the S-curve for Model 3 here: [https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/check-tesla-battery-health-for-free](https://www.recurrentauto.com/research/check-tesla-battery-health-for-free)

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-24 18:18

8000

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-24 18:18

Battery Health Test

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-24 18:19

Mostly home but I thing previous owner used supercharging

EVOChi 2025-11-24 18:21

How do you check this?

jaqueh 2025-11-24 18:24

>Is this degradation more than expected Yes by a lot. Sell the car now.

EitherCharacter9342 2025-11-24 18:39

Normal.

EitherCharacter9342 2025-11-24 18:40

Battery Health Test and you have to run the test overnight to get the result.

BD-Energy01 2025-11-24 18:42

Im at 80% on year 3

Briaraandralyn 2025-11-24 18:43

How long did yours take?

Schnitzhole 2025-11-24 18:55

Normal to drop faster in the beginning. I’m at 97% with 3.5k miles. It tapers off and hardly drops anymore as it gets closer to 80-85%

MrGoogle87 2025-11-24 19:00

Less the expected: mY 2019 sr+ model 3 has -11% in 2 months, normal use rarely supercharged

TeslaGuy9125 2025-11-24 19:18

What’s your current mileage? My 3 month old MY AWD is at 95% with 7K miles on it. I am concerned

bsheff84 2025-11-24 19:22

100%, I wouldn't waste time running this check unless you have a ton of miles or your range doesn't feel as expected. Also, check your wh/mi in the trips to make sure there isn't something up there (heavy foot does not apply). 1. You can calculate pack degradation based on charge level. 2. Tessie makes this very easy. 3. My 2022 M3 LR awd was 89%, and the pack failed at 101k.

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-24 19:46

The only reason I tested is I bought used. Just wanted to reset it for range so I know where I started.

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-24 19:47

Please don’t post if you don’t have anything positive to contribute. Reddit is a community for learning and helping others.

Great-Engine7416 2025-11-24 19:48

Mine is only down 1% in 3 years but I live in warm climate and my model3 has the LFP battery, which is probably why?

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-24 19:49

Exactly LFP is superior chemistry but looses on weight.

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-24 20:26

I am not sure if this a bot. When I bought the car recurrent showed battery health at 99%. When I connected the car after purchasing it showed 92% with 1 week. It seems like their model is support seller without real data. When I communicated with someone on their team they said they estimated based on curve which I don’t think is correct.

Basic_Twist404 2025-11-24 20:31

It’s bms Calibrating, so based on mileage, your diving style, charging style, at soc. I wouldn’t worry about that and focus more on how much percentage = distance since charge. 10% should get you 30-35miles at 70% miles per hour in highway. Mines 5 percent drop with almost 15 k miles. Bought it in may

dishwashersafe 2025-11-24 20:32

...and power. I wouldn't call it superior.

RecurrentAuto 2025-11-24 20:43

Will you share a little more about 99% you saw when buying the car? That might have been Range Score, which estimates the Expected Range Today / Range When New. That number can differ from State of Health (SoH) but I want to be sure that I'm giving you the right info. A sudden drop in SoH would be a different story.

ZeroBalance98 2025-11-24 21:19

I’m at 92% purchased Aug 2024 and have 13k miles

Mr-Zappy 2025-11-24 21:30

Your battery’s energy retention is within the expected range based on its age and mileage.

TheDesk918 2025-11-24 21:44

I'm at 8530 with my Juniper AWD I got in April. I'm also at 95%. I think it's normal, but need to do the battery health test. It showed 97% for me back in August.

bsheff84 2025-11-24 21:53

Totally understand!

GreetingsFromAP 2025-11-24 22:05

I’m around the same, well 96% last time I checked. I’m not concerned

GreetingsFromAP 2025-11-24 22:06

Same here

WakeJB 2025-11-24 22:19

Just did the test on my 2023 std range and had 93%. 2 years old and 60k miles.

kklolz19 2025-11-25 00:26

I wish I could do this, but I don’t have a home charger 🥲

deej628 2025-11-25 02:17

Keep in mind recurrent doesn’t acct for wheel/tire size changes.

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-25 02:35

It was a range score. It was 99 when I bought in Oct and it changed to 92 as soon as I connected through my tesla account

NotYourDad_Miss 2025-11-25 06:36

Go supercharger!

BD-Energy01 2025-11-25 06:52

I charge at home lol

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-25 11:23

I took abt 14 hrs. That too because I had car at 18%. Also I usually run my wall connector at 32A. I should have change it to 40 and probably would have saved few hours

itsjust_green 2025-11-25 14:19

My '23 MYLR is at 91% with 38k miles

BlackheartRegia2 2025-11-25 15:45

Normal.

Omacrontron 2025-11-25 17:22

It says right there in your post that it’s normal? Why would you think otherwise?

Purple-Job2976 2025-11-25 18:58

What’s your mileage??

BD-Energy01 2025-11-25 19:35

41k

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-25 19:47

I am not sure what Tesla metrics are for normal. This is to discuss with fellow Reddit user what they have observed and educate myself

Omacrontron 2025-11-25 19:54

B….but it says right there? “Your battery's energy retention is within the expected range based on its age and mileage. Your vehicle's high-voltage battery, like all rechargeable batteries, becomes less effective over time due to aging and usage”.

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-25 19:58

See for yourself the discussion and how much more you can learn.

Omacrontron 2025-11-25 20:00

I took a peak but nothing pertinent? Certainly nothing beyond standard battery chemistry information. What is it you think you learned from this?

Psychological-Dot103 2025-11-25 20:02

Learning is relative. If you have more to contribute educate us if not don’t waste your time

Omacrontron 2025-11-25 20:14

I’m trying to educate you all by telling you the battery test you ran says everything is fine? The text in the image says so right there? Am I being punked? Let’s boil this down. What you ultimately learned is that your battery is totally fine lmao? Is that not the case here as well???

Regular-Ad-1494 2025-11-26 13:20

Peek vs Peak?

word-dragon 2025-11-26 13:34

Have had 2 model threes over the last 6 years. I’ll fill you in on a little secret. The most common cause of pack failure isn’t the batteries, but components or wires inside the pack. When a pack fails, they swap it out with someone else’s refurbished pack and send your to be fixed - “refurbished”. Had that happen to me 4 years in, and all my diligent care for my battery health now in someone else’s car. I came to realize you don’t really own the batteries. What you own is a promise that the pack will perform as described during the warranty period. So earlier this year, I traded in for a new Highland and refurbished my warranty. Planning to keep it for 8 years or 120.000 miles - whichever comes first. I’m not suggesting you abuse your batteries, but try not to get too hung up on their welfare.

ResponsibleHeat1163 2025-11-26 14:54

Lfp batteries are the ones that degrade faster in the beginning, while the NMC batteries can show 100 percent even a year or two in.

Adventurous_Yam_1673 2025-11-26 16:30

I have 101,236 miles in my 2019 LR Dual motor and have 86% life.

michaelruge 2025-11-26 18:43

My 2020 M3LR has 83K and just tested at 90%.

dkizzz 2025-11-26 21:52

Sitting at 84% and just crossed 50k miles myself in my 2022. Given that I primarily supercharged during my first year I was happy. I also think the guidance at the time was charging to 90% was OK but they’ve since said that 80% is the new standard.

How_To_Thrive 2025-11-27 22:51

Definitely not a bot after replying I assume 0 o 0

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