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It will increase power consumption if you are using the AC to melt accumulated ice or snow.
by faitswulff 4y ago
It will increase power consumption if you are using the AC to melt accumulated ice or snow.
- modeless 4y agoMelting 2" of accumulated snow from a 2m^2 area would take ~2 kWh which is roughly 1 mile of range or 0.2% of the battery, if my very approximate calculations are correct. Or, exactly 0 miles of range if you are plugged into a charger at the start of your journey. But I think the original thread is right that you'll need to manually clean ice and snow off the windshield which, unlike the AC thing, definitely seems like a legitimate complaint against sloped windshields (though I have no personal experience on this point).