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I've had several friends who have owned and sold their Model S rather quickly (less than 2 years) because of problems they had with cold weather - they lived in

I've had several friends who have owned and sold their Model S rather quickly (less than 2 years) because of problems they had with cold weather - they lived in North Dakota and Minnesota. One of my friends remarked, "It's like they didn't bother to test this in an even mildly cold region of the country." Everything from greatly diminished range (which is already well documented) to the drivers screen not working, or working intermittently and other weird stuff my friends attributed to cold weather.

ianamartin 11y ago
Mildly cold region of the country? Not sure which parts of MN and ND your friend lives in, but north-central MN like Bemidji or Grand Forks, ND are actually some of the coldest parts of the country. Nothing about that weather is mildly anything.
- recursive 11y ago
  It still could be a reasonable comment. 30F is mildly cold. Mildly cold regions will sometimes be 30F. It's possible that these problems manifest at 30F. ND and MN also sometimes reach -20F, but the problems may (or may not) require so much cold to reproduce.
  - fludlight 11y ago
    It shouldn't be too much to ask for a Tesla to operate normally in -20F. This is a mass produced American luxury car in 2016, not a Lada.
    - recursive 11y ago
      I don't really know anything about the cold performance of Teslas, but I agree with you.
jonknee 11y ago
It's a really popular car in Norway and they know a thing or two about cold weather.
- Avshalom 11y ago
  Eh, I mean sort of, but Oslo is no colder than Chicago and it's warmer than Buffalo, hell NYC's average lows are only 7-10 degrees warmer than Oslo. Calgary makes all of them look like a joke.