Tesla Model Y RWD with BYD Blade battery Geilo test 

I've seen a lot of videos from Bjorn now, and I still can't figure out if he is car-tester or a food critic. Don't matter, I like both tests😎

So is the rather low mileage you get due to the Aircon/Heatpump running in those low temperatures ? 241km range appears to be low ?

Bjørn, what is your personal opinion on selective yellow lights and fog lights? Greetings from Chile.

Anywhere, where you can see what High-Voltage battery you have in your Tesla ?

Is that the new Road To Geilo by @EspenKraft?

You would think that LFP Blade battery is the toughest MF in regards to Degradation, but no Tesla battery is loosing more capacity over time as the Model Y RWD out of Grünheide. For whichever reason...

What tires were you on?

Great vid, in the uk those conditions would close down the entire country😂😂

My first real winter experience with the Model Y RWD BYD (Giga Berlin produced). I've had it for ~6 months now. The RWD is both fun and efficient when driving in snowy winter conditions. You have a slight oversteer which is fun. The traction control system corrects the car immediately, however, so it never feels on the limit. I would have appreciated a winter mode that allowed more oversteer. In winter time at -5 and up it really takes a toll on the range big times. You barely get 200 km which is not really good if you live up north and going on longer trips. I wonder if the BYD blade batteries are worse in colder conditions compared to the LR Tesla versions. Tesla states a 455 km WLTP for the RWD. If I barely get 200 km in -8 it means more than a 50% drop in range. To hit the 455 WLTP I would need a consumption of ~1,3kWh/10km. But in -10 degrees it consumes around 2,5-3,5kWh which seems a bit high if I compare to friends who drive LR/Performance versions of Model Y. This is my personal gut feeling. Maybe @Björn this is something you could test. One winter flaw I have noticed is that when you activate the cruise control the software automatically sets the windscreen wipers to Auto mode. That tells me the software devs have never driven a frozen car in real winter conditions. The last thing you want is the windscreen wipers to activate. Either you ruin the wipers since they might be frozen or you ruin the sight as it smears out dirt all over the windshield. But most of the time both. They need to enable the option to NOT automatically enable wiper just because using the cruise control. Another winter design issue is the area behind the rear window. If you warm the car after a heavy snow fall it will melt the snow which will accumulate on the very rear as there is no natural way for the water to drain off the tailgate. The result is a huge lump of ice causing the tailgate not being able to open by itself because it is too heavy. You have to run out after snowfall to wipe the snow off before turning on the heat to avoid.. But overall I'm still very satisfied with the Model Y 2023 RWD. Every car has it flaws and Model Y still so far has very few

Nice! And for all of the people who don't know....a RWD with proper winter tires is way safer and better than a AWD on summer tires....when driving in winter conditions. Proper winter tires depends on your kind of winter.

'Women, if you want to marry that guy, do this when you enter the car. Then suddenly, he will propose!' Brilliant!

Bjørn you are doing a great job for EV community , Thank You

this is the perfect test i ve been waiting for👌 coz my budget is up to rwd only 🥶

Huge thanks for all the testing that you do. What i appreciate the most is the driving in dark conditions so you actually get to see how the lights are on the cars. It is an important part (at least for me) of cars as it relates to safety. Almost no other testers ive seen even mentions this feature, other than if it looks good or not. Sure, cool lights are always nice but they need to function properly as well. Who cares about cool lights if you dont see a moose or a reindeer etc untill it is 5 metres in front of the car. I also see some mention RWD vs AWD. AWD is more practical if you often have adverse conditions on the roads you drive on, although RWD EVs are better than normal RWD cars due to more weight on the rear tires. AWD does not mean total control and grip of the car no matter the conditions, it is still up to us as drivers to go at appropriate speeds :)

The odo meter was at 5000km when he got home. Nice round number :)

@Björn: Next to the switch for the heated steering wheel, you can turn on the wiper heating

Worst weather conditions: Cold, Snow, Night and driviing an area where not many people are driving. Bjørn: Oh, there's a new Supercharger can we go there? We will get there with 3%. Let's go!

With so many RWD and medium range EVs on the road now these tests are so important. Thanks Björn 💪

Thank you for your work. Is there any chance to do snow test with MG4?

Thanks Bjorn. Great review. You make me laugh always too 😁 I wonder if Sandy Munro would ever comment on blade batteries? They know the virtues of LFP already I recall 🤔 Lotsa love to all! ❤❤❤

Great video, thanks! 241km and 3% left, hmmm... So real battery capacity 56kwh or consumption 231wh/km?

I’d like to see a test to see how the Mini Cooper SE does. I’m getting one next week and a little concerned about it compared to my Ioniq Classic in range and consumption. I’ve seen very little videos that can compare to yours for that car. Maybe you can grace us with your EV holiness 😊

If the LFP battery is so robust, why have they decreased the warranty to 100K miles?

So, 200 km winter range - not sooo much 🧐 But due to tight fast charging network no problemo

This is an amazing video @Bjørn. Sadly I couldn’t get such detailed video on Blade RW drive for model Y in winter conditions. This would have strongly changed my mind on selecting this one over Long range AWD.

rwd ftw!

Hey Björn nice Test! I think the OBD port to connect scan my Tesla position changed. It is now under the middle console where your right foot is placed 😊…

The CATL LFP battery is bigger and therefore better if you are not supercharging often. My Tesla Y rwd was with CATL LFP and it worked great. I would not want the smaller BYD Blade battery

I love these videos but please be safe out there sir, specially if not on winter tires, we want videos for many many years to come 🫡

240 km range?? That's about 149 miles. Not the range i expected

Right now, the Y RWD is even the cheapest Tesla to buy. It might be a bit big and has quite huge tires. Nevertheless I always end up at Tesla M Y, when searching for my next car I‘ll get as soon as my Ioniq is sold.

Pulling left to right in Canada is called fish tailing. We try to avoid RWD for that reason. But because of the weight and good snow tires you will be fine!

Perfect wintertest 👍

Tesla door sound is like that because of the glass and no metal above the glass.

Now, you don't always have time to control it or just lifts off the pedal to fast . Will it then get dangerous? many other brands offer the option to turn it off the regen braking completely, which makes sense to me in the winter. my girlfriend is a little worried about buying a RWD she thinks she can't control the rear end when it's slippery, she's not the world's best driver and will probably panic if it fish tales.

does the Fremont US RWD Y's also get the BYD blade battery?

Take it easy, drive safely ❤❤

Does the Y not have the heated wipers (more like heated wiper park spots) on the windshield that the 3 has?

I would love to see a video, Bjorn, on awd versus rwd for hydroplaning in the rain. I've seen RU-vid Tesla owners selling they're rwd to replace it with awd because they've been hydroplaning in the rain. Have you or anyone else heard of this before?

So I am mentally preparing myself for my first all-electric road trip in Norway next week, what tips would you give me? Probably doing the road trip on a ID.3 :)

I'm kind of surprised it only went 150 miles? What would it be in non-snowy conditions?

I hope they start providing BYD blade LFP batteries here in Tesla Canada. MY RWD here is still Catl LFP with a range 394KM.

If a RWD oversteer while on power or regen, it's just poor design from a manufacturer that don't know how to make proper cars. A serious manufacturer cut the regen or power when the friction is bad. You should go back to your previous brand BMW. Even the i3 LCI managed to handle regen in slippery conditions 😂

Another great point about charging at home is you can estimate electrical Bill when charging at home I'd like to know that also

Does my TMY RWD from March 2023 (from Beijing) have similar charging speed at SuperChargers? I haven't tried much and never looked at the speed :O

Hey Bjorn. You should get points for my order today 😊 thanks for your hard work pal. Well done 💪🏼

Re. “For Belgians, no problem - they don’t have winters like this…”: I once spent a week in Ghent and, it was so cold, the canals froze over enough to allow a cross-country ice-skating marathon race to be held for the first time in years!

What kind of winter tire did you use for this test? model Y RWD looks very stable on the snow, it,s great. Thanks for nice video.

I love how entertaining this guy is haha watched the whole vid with a smile!

AWD cars have better traction and get going easier than RWD/FWD... The downside is people in those sometimes get overconfident and might even end up in the ditch more often 😀They simply forget AWD gives you no advantage with turning or braking (only regen behaves nicer, but emergency braking distance is the same).

Seems you don't know the wiper defroster function. Look for it in the Climate menue ;) it's in the bottom middle right next to the heatead Steeeing wheel symbol. There are heating elements under the Wipers resting Position under the black Part of the windshield.

Bjorn, Great videos! Did you use your all season or winter tires for this test?

Lets just say that the average Sun rear wheel driver would either be in a ditch or stuck on the 1st slight hill....

Interesting in BC Canada you must have winter tires by law! October 1 to April 30. 🇨🇦

Is it so MYRW from Berlin not equipped with wiper heater in clima settings?

any tests coming up Bjorn on the Tesla 3 Highland RWD or the BYD Seal RWD?

Come up with even more SUN jokes. - challenge accepted!😂

wow, that gasprice is insane 22.45 nok/liter !!

Why can’t we have these service illustrations in normal mode??

Great video as always!! I enjoy so much these Geilo tests. Is is the new Geilo test standard and no more former tests with the rest of winter checks and letting the car sleep for some time? I know you a father now and so many things to do hehe (I really appreciate it how much you do) but maybe 'complete' Geilo tests for some relevant cars would be superb.

Great video, and very relevant to me in Canada. I hope you can do the same test with a new RWD Volvo or Polestar. Maybe next time there is snow in the forecast.

thought there was a heated wiper area in the lower part of the windshield?

Why not disable heater? Ecoflow was used in "other" cars? With heater on i am unable to get 144wh/km....

Thanx for the video Bjorn, but let me get this straight, 12:45 into the video it seems like the car had only driven 241 km with 3% remaining battery. 241… km… that is a freaking bad if a salesman told you this car has 455 km (WLTP) of range. None of the numbers are wrong, it just shows that REAL LIFE driving can differ up to 50% from the WLTP. Man, EVs still have a long way to go.

admire your commitment

Can you try this test with Model 3 Rwd 2023?

Why didn’t you use the heated wiper setting while charging??

19:56 Someone stuck in the snow besides the road?

I wonder if the F150 Lightning is there for you to test?

Probably it wants to go to the left a bit because of bad wheel alignment

Well done Tesla Model Y… so much snow! (For UK!). If we had “so much”, the country would be gridlocked!! 😂

9:02 ohhh shiiii.. so many accidents with moose :/

I wish we'd have so many chargers here.

Faster than my f iPhone 🎉

Driving like a Boss 🐻

Does the new model 3 lfp also have the blade battery?

The best battery 💪

The snow would easily be my favourite weather for driving in

>3.2C, impressive.

did I get it right, you did it with summer tires and rwd with no problem in this conditions?

Sadly there is no "Snow mode" or low re-gen. Just drive 1800km up north and got to feel this. When the car breaks traction on re-gen it will disable it or severly reduce it a while.

What do you mean, disadvantage of Rear Wheel Drive? The opposite, this is the advantage, you can drift through the curves and really enjoy : ) You Norwegians are the experts in snow, going 87 in snow, without winter tires. That is quite skillful.

When do you sleep 💤?

Im taking Tesla tomorrow it is -1C around it will be on summer tires . I have 5km to place to change on winter tires I will have Y sr is it safe to drive there ?

Of course slowing down with the transmission on the rear wheel drive is safe, it is speeding up that causes problems. Good that Tesla has good traction control to prevent stupid humans from going out from the road 😊

How can I se if it's a blade LFP from BYD or other producer ?

is driving til 3% safe ( I have same rwd byd Y tesla) ? or should I charge at least at 20%?

Very atmospheric

How come there is no heated windshield option on a Tesla?

Was AP available in those conditions?

Yup, German here!

Will you will take Byd Tang on a propher winter drive, hoping for Artic Circle trip 😁

Service mode in winter, only those who live in true winter conditions know it works the best. Had one car with heated windscreen, it kind of works but the wires in the window are not that efficient and use a lot of extra energy , not sure how it's in newer Teslas, but in extreme conditions gravity is your best friend, snow goes down and in service mode the wipers are up so they are much easier to clean as long as you blast warm air on the windshield and the same energy is also used to warm up the cabin so overall more efficient.

Bjørn, did you ever find the heated wiper function in the climate controls? 😅 Maybe you did and they didn't really make a difference.

🎉

The new teslas dont have radar???? So it wont be able to see like 2 cars ahead right and stop before only what it sees right??

Any chance you would consider the new MG4 77kWh for this test?

how dehave the Model Y by -18 degrees Celsius? The battery for example?

Bjorn. Please help. I charged Tesla Y SR Blades on supercharger i think v2. It charged super fast to 100 (with even no calibration... strange?) and on 8C and 100-130 km/h speed no matter I had 234 usage..... why? my battery went so fast I barely was able to charge my car in the middle of my trip (before arrived on 30% and 184 usage ) please help what could be the issue here?

Bjorn do you plug in the car to keep it un frozen like ICE cars do in your country when its freezing outside?