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Yes, and it sounds like this is exactly what happened in some cases. People would charge hunt until they were out, wait in line for hours, then get to the unit
by _ea1k 3y ago
Yes, and it sounds like this is exactly what happened in some cases. People would charge hunt until they were out, wait in line for hours, then get to the unit with a cold soaked battery.
Even if the charger is working perfectly, the first 30 minutes might be spent just running the battery heater. It might even be worse with rear drive model 3, which unfortunately might also be a big part of the Uber rental fleet.
It is a really odd situation, so most people would likely be seeing it for the first time.
- natch 3y agoNo what happened in the case on the news is a charging station was malfunctioning but did not report itself to the system as such. If it has been in operation, there would have been no problem charging in the cold.
- joezydeco 3y agoThis is a video from last year. It shows the cold soak but also shows that maybe the car itself won't latch to the NACS connector? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-c8AUeKs5c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-c8AUeKs5c
- _ea1k 3y agoYeah, that's the video that I was thinking of that explicitly tested it. It usually isn't a thing that happens in the real world. The last couple of days have been different. People have left their cars in the parking lot for hours, which effectively is what OOS did in their test.
- joezydeco 3y agoSeems like all the Superchargers in Chicago were having trouble as well: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/chicago-area-superchargers-failing-in-cold.319666/page-2#post-8026909 https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/chicago-area-superch... And then you have a cascade of drivers going from charger to charger looking for an open plug.