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Every time you charge a battery it helps to throttle charging if the temperature is out of range. Tesla has always done this; there's an extra fan that's Extrem

Every time you charge a battery it helps to throttle charging if the temperature is out of range. Tesla has always done this; there's an extra fan that's Extremely Loud and I only hear it when I'm supercharging on a hot day. In the article you linked, the customer appears to have noticed a slight decrease in the peak charging rate. It doesn't sound significant to me. There are certainly other Teslas out there which are supercharged 100% of the time, Tesloop is one example.

cptskippy 9y ago
> Every time you charge a battery it helps to throttle charging if the temperature is out of range. Tesla has always done this; there's an extra fan that's Extremely Loud and I only hear it when I'm supercharging on a hot day. That's one of the three reasons Tesla gives for throttling the charge rate. > In the article you linked, the customer appears to have noticed a slight decrease in the peak charging rate. From 120kW down to 90kW peak charging rate is only slight? I realize it's peak and not average but a 25% reduction is only considered slight? Also you said that Tesla disagrees with me about the affect of DC fast charging on battery life. The statements from Tesla seem to agree with me and they have implemented technologies to mitigate those effects in the form of peak rate throttling over time. You seem to misinterpret Tesla saying it's fine to DC Fast Charge to mean that it has no detrimental affects when they really mean that they have protocols in place to ensure the pack will not degrade to the point that a warranty replacement is necessary.