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It takes a lot of power to heat the batteries. If there is no power, can't heat them, and you can have total failure if you try and charge them when they are to
by roflyear 3y ago
It takes a lot of power to heat the batteries. If there is no power, can't heat them, and you can have total failure if you try and charge them when they are too cold.
- bryanlarsen 3y agoYou don't get total failure, you get an extended charging session as the car first warms the battery and then charges the car.
- Ferret7446 3y agoThe car needs enough power to warm the battery though. So what happens if the car doesn't have enough power and tries to warm the battery and runs out of power before it has warmed enough to charge?
- defrost 3y agoThis is not a new problem. Starting a Lanz Bulldog with a blow torch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHT2NE0Sukc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHT2NE0Sukc
- bryanlarsen 3y agoWhy would you need to use car power to warm the battery? If you're connected to a charger you can use charger power to warm the battery. And you can't charge if you're not connected to a charger, so charging a cold battery is impossible in that case.
- throwitaway222 3y agoThere should be a lot of power available if you're at a charger.
- Rebelgecko 3y agoMy understanding is that this particular Supercharger station is broken and either not putting out any electricity, or putting out way less than it should