Tesla Acceleration Boost | Need For Speed Or Waste Of Money?

In this video we talk about Tesla's Acceleration Boost option. How it works. My thoughts on it and if it's worth the $2000 price tag.

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[markwebb]

Even though it’s a lot of money, for increasing the performance I feel it’s worth it. We ordered the new Model Y Juniper early Feb and I’m excited it’s part of the package.

[TeslaCareyP]

I got one referral and I bought the boost for my model 3. I love it. It’s fast. But the model 3 is faster than the Y. So it was definitely worth it.

[nourfarag]

You forgot to mention, model 3 LR can go 0-60 in 4.2 seconds standard. After boost goes 3.7 seconds. Model Y is slower due to size

[stevehansen]

I'm a happy 2023 Model Y owner. AWD Extended Range Battery. I agree not worth the money. I run in Chill Mode most of the time. I'll switch out of Chill if I have the need for speed.
Also think Tesla should offer it for monthly pay, maybe $10-20/mo it'd make a lot of owners happy and bet they would end up with more revenue.

[jamfamreptiles]

I wonder if it will be available to the 2024 model 3 dual motor? so far I do not see it available.

[PurpleSideBlack]

I avoided a rear-ending by a pickup truck because I floored the accelerator and had instant torque with my 21 Model 3 LR with Acceleration boost enabled. I even have the dashcam video to prove it. I was approximately 6 inches from being hit. If it had been my previous ICE-V, I would have been hit.

[FlyEaglesFlyGA]

The best value for the referral program that quickly ended. But used my first referral for this package and don’t regret it. Great value for the points. Really only $600 if you compare it to getting 4000 free supercharger miles. What used my second referral for

[rogershark]

As someone who enjoys quick acceleration I'd say it's easily worth it 😅

[randytaylor]

I got mine for free with a referral before referral bonuses went away. Love it, but I wouldn't pay 2k for it.

[LordTimelord]

I purchased the acceleration boost for my 2023 MYLR. I've ridden motorcycles my whole life so it was worth it to me.

I also got it free via a unique bet with my coworkers. The bet was I would purchase the acceleration boost and put it up against every employee's car.

If I defeated all of them they would all chip in and pay me back for it.

I won! 😎🏎️⚡⚡⚡⚡

P.S. I orchestrated this to occur on the day of the company's annual picnic. That way if I didn't win I could get a refund within the refund window! 🤣

[Marko_PoPo]

As a new and first time MYLR owner, I do not have the acceleration boost. It is still the fastest car I have driven from a stop, that includes thirty years of driving police vehicles. Not only is the initial acceleration awesome, the acceleration is very responsive at highway speeds. The acceleration boost is tempting but I’ll stay with normal for now.

[JZ-oztv]

Well I just got my model Y long range 2 days ago and I see this additional feature in the APP, tbh I’d like to purchase it if I have the Performance or S Plaid, because faster you go more difficult to stop, in my opinion I’d like to have better tires and brakes to insure my safety! Once again, if I ever have a chance to purchase a Performance or S Plaid I definitely will pay 2k to upgrade

[nickmcconnell]

I understand why Tesla charges this much. It ups the percentage of chance that a failure of a motor component or battery component will occur. They need to cover that additional warranty cost.
However, Tesla may now have numbers that show that there really aren't that many more warranty claims. If so, if I were Tesla, I would lower the cost to $300 dollars and rake in the money!! Everyone that owns a model Y LR would pay that. How many hundreds of millions of dollars would that be for Tesla?

[HernandezHitTheRoad]

I love Acceleration boost!
My Model Y came with it when I purchased it. Would I have purchased it myself ? Umm that’s honestly something to think about, but I did purchase FSD for 2k.

[BK-pcei]

Subscriptions makes stuff a lot cheaper for one for two software upgrades in Teslas makes a lot of sense as a feature not everyone need the faster speed

[sdiver]

Every Turbo car on the market has software limited HP. I added 2 psi to my BMW N54 for about $500, with very similar gains as Acceleration Boost.

With the BMW, that HP was available at all speeds and gears. With Tesla, after 80mph or so the Acceleration Boost is gone. So by these standards Accel Boost is expensive for what you get.

If your car was naturally aspirated, then yes $2k doesn't go far for similar gains.

[slowercuber]

If I discover I want it bad enough, in a year or two I'll buy the boost, I think it's a fair deal, but I mostly drive in CHILL mode, anyway. In CHILL you still get nigh instant acceleration, just not as much of it, and I'm hoping (dreaming?) to get 43K miles on my first set of tires, 12K so far.

[ashegam]

I do have the need for speed, hence I purchased a 2024 M3P aka 0-60 in 2.9 secs. hasta la vista baby!

[gbinman]

I have a 22M3LR which already significantly quicker than a MYLR. I recall the hot rod days 50 years ago, $2000 (2k then was a lot more than today) then might gain 1 tenth of second. Getting 6 tenths would have been much more. My M3 is scary fast compared to as you say almost everything on the road. Me, I won't spend the money on the acceleration boost, and I have the money. As my car is, there are limited opportunities to actually unleash it fully.

[deanlevang]

Speaking of software, I heard the other day that with a recent Tesla update, we can have multiple LightShows on a single USB drive and I got that to work just fine. Then, I read that you can partition a USB drive used for TeslaCam use and LightShow use so you don't have to open the glovebox and swap USB drives. I use a Samsung SSD T500 drive for my TeslaCam, but can't partition it for adding the LightShows. Does the T500 not allow partitioning?