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Tesla manual says you need to precondition the battery for upwards of an hour before fast charging in cold weather. That's clearly not an option for the cars t
by zdragnar 3y ago
Tesla manual says you need to precondition the battery for upwards of an hour before fast charging in cold weather.
That's clearly not an option for the cars that are abandoned and dead because they couldn't charge.
It's also not just the one station that was an issue. One guy left his Tesla at the airport parking lot, came back after his trip, and had to pay to get it towed to a charger.
- RetpolineDrama 3y ago>That's clearly not an option for the cars that are abandoned and dead because they couldn't charge. Plugging in to a charger provides all the power to heat (and slowly charge) the battery, you just won't get full speed while the battery is below-freezing.
- zdragnar 3y agoIn this case, the chargers weren't operating either. There's a whole parking lot (at least one, I heard more but one for sure) full of cars that couldn't go anywhere because there was no power to be had.
- earthling8118 3y agoIf gas stations stopped working there would also be cars stuck. Yes they are more ubiquitous currently but this isn't an inherent flaw of electric vehicles.
- zdragnar 3y agoIn a comparable situation, you can walk or get a ride to the next station, get a gas can and fill it with a bit of gas, walk back to your car and you're good to go. Barring a fleet of mobile generators, this is in fact something that ICE cars handle better than BEV.
- sokoloff 3y ago"before fast charging" not "before charging". Tow/push the cars to a place where Level 1 or Level 2 charging is available and they'll be fine to get going if someone has allowed the battery to be totally depleted in the cold.