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Chicago-area Tesla charging stations lined with dead cars in freezing cold: ‘A bunch of dead robots out here’ (nypost.com)

submitted 7 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] Serinus 19 points 7 months ago (2 children)

First, nothing from the New York Post is true.

Second, don't run your car to zero battery in the winter. It needs enough charge to warm up before charging.

[–] decerian 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Battery performance tends to drop off extremely quickly once it drops below a certain temperature. Like, one minute it still says 50% charge left, the next it's dying.

If you aren't used to dealing with amount of cold I could see it catching you by surprise on your commute or something.

[–] Serinus 10 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Thank you. It's hard to get unbiased information when it comes to Teslas, and I'm not entirely familiar with how the battery behaves.

But I don't need to know much to be more of an authority on a subject than the New York Post.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I had one for three years. I doesn’t go from 50% to 0 in minutes.

When you start the car, it’ll adjust to charge on temp. She. The cars warms up, you’ll show the full charge.

What kills the battery is running the heat. You’ll get about a 30% range decrease running the heat.

I’ve fast charger in weather like this. Unless you preheat the battery, it can take awhile to get going. It’ll eventually charge, just has to heat the battery.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

What kills the battery is running the heat. You’ll get about a 30% range decrease running the heat.

Heat to keep the driver alive when it's below zero, or heat to keep the car happy? That's a crazy range drop for something so critical.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

For heating the cabin.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

New York Post is true.

It's being reported elsewhere, too.

Second, don’t run your car to zero battery in the winter. It needs enough charge to warm up before charging.

If true, that's a LOT of people who apparently run their battery down to zero. I don't ever recall seeing gas stations full of people who've all suddenly run out of gas.

Seems like a flaw in how the battery stats are being reported, likely being over reported, knowing the history of Tesla. But the volts don't lie! Voltage sag in the winter is real, and these cars should be letting their drivers know well ahead of time to charge up (before it even gets to 50%).

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Do charge times increase when it’s cold?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Yes. Significantly unless the car is warmed up.

[–] Arkaelus 5 points 7 months ago

Tesla Tipping should totally become a thing. Like geriatric tortoises.