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Looking at the map, Saskatoon to Kelowna is a 1200km trip that takes 13 hours. The article says “it takes 3x longer” because of charging, so that would make it

Looking at the map, Saskatoon to Kelowna is a 1200km trip that takes 13 hours. The article says “it takes 3x longer” because of charging, so that would make it… 26 hours of charging alone? Maybe they shouldnt be writing zero-effort news articles based on some random tweets. Bjorn Nyland on YouTube has plenty of reviews where he charges in cold weather, all you need is to make sure the battery is preheated (I believe Teslas do it automatically once you add a charging stop to the gps route) and then charging happens at normal speeds.

moogly 3y ago
> all you need is to make sure the battery is preheated A lot of EVs (really; a lot) don't even have preheating, or you cannot start it manually (like Tesla).
- thebruce87m 3y ago
  I can precondition my Tesla. The car is scheduled to be fully defrosted, cabin preheated and battery preconditioned for 8.30 every weekday. If you navigate to a supercharger it will precondition the battery as you approach.
  - moogly 3y ago
    I know. But when you're driving you need to navigate. Which is drawback compared to cars where you can just have a button to tell it to start preconditioning regardless.
    - thebruce87m 3y ago
      I suppose having a manual override is better than not having it - especially for non-Tesla chargers - but for most long journeys I’m setting up the sat nav anyway for traffic and it’s aware of each supercharger stop to the destination.
thebruce87m 3y ago
Plugging the details in to ABRP, it seems that this journey would be 14 hours and 40 minutes of pure driving. In a Tesla Model Y LR you would need to stop every hour or two for about 15 minutes to top up and the total charging time would be under 2 hours. Not sure if this is taking into account extreme low temperatures so let’s assume not. Maybe he meant that it would be 3x longer with the extreme temperatures for charging only? So 6 hours instead? But I agree, it’s a total trash article. No actual quotes from owners, only third parties. No comparison on how ICE vehicles fare under similar conditions.
Havoc 3y ago
> Maybe they shouldnt be writing zero-effort news articles And using AI to annotate pictures: > Beautiful view of a man connecting a charging cable

moogly 3y ago

> all you need is to make sure the battery is preheated A lot of EVs (really; a lot) don't even have preheating, or you cannot start it manually (like Tesla).

thebruce87m 3y ago
I can precondition my Tesla. The car is scheduled to be fully defrosted, cabin preheated and battery preconditioned for 8.30 every weekday. If you navigate to a supercharger it will precondition the battery as you approach.
- moogly 3y ago
  I know. But when you're driving you need to navigate. Which is drawback compared to cars where you can just have a button to tell it to start preconditioning regardless.
  - thebruce87m 3y ago
    I suppose having a manual override is better than not having it - especially for non-Tesla chargers - but for most long journeys I’m setting up the sat nav anyway for traffic and it’s aware of each supercharger stop to the destination.

thebruce87m 3y ago

Plugging the details in to ABRP, it seems that this journey would be 14 hours and 40 minutes of pure driving. In a Tesla Model Y LR you would need to stop every hour or two for about 15 minutes to top up and the total charging time would be under 2 hours. Not sure if this is taking into account extreme low temperatures so let’s assume not. Maybe he meant that it would be 3x longer with the extreme temperatures for charging only? So 6 hours instead? But I agree, it’s a total trash article. No actual quotes from owners, only third parties. No comparison on how ICE vehicles fare under similar conditions.

Havoc 3y ago

> Maybe they shouldnt be writing zero-effort news articles And using AI to annotate pictures: > Beautiful view of a man connecting a charging cable