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From the land of common sense: http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts > Tesla recommends charging Model S each night
by jonknee 14y ago
From the land of common sense:
http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts
> Tesla recommends charging Model S each night or when convenient to maintain optimum driving range and battery health. If you go on vacation, plug in your Model S before you leave.
The reporter is either an idiot or he wanted to become stranded.
- smackfu 14y agoThat doesn't make it seem like the charge should go down overnight, just that you should top it up whenever you can because the range is pretty limited.
- dublinben 14y agoI think it should be common knowledge among anyone reviewing an electric car that battery performance degrades in cold weather.
- toomuchtodo 14y agoAnd if you don't know this information, you have no business reviewing electric vehicles, because you clearly haven't done your homework.
- brown9-2 14y agoSo no one is to ever review the car from the perspective of a neophyte owner?
- jonknee 14y agoI seriously doubt anyone is going to spend $60-100k on a car that's well known to be different than all other cars and take it out on a road trip without any planning. If the author had charged the car when he had several opportunities to do so he would not have had any trouble. I got a new car recently (gas powered) and I have not tried to test its range indicator by planning a trip to its capacity. If I did I would not take a detour through the largest city in the country or test out the acceleration. I also wouldn't stop at multiple gas stations and decide to not fill the tank. But hey, my article about sensibly using a vehicle wouldn't have made it into the NYT so what do I know.
- sgift 14y agoIf your neophyte owner never owned an object with a battery before and no one told him/her that battery charge drops if it is cold ... I fear he/she is no part of the modern world.
- Filligree 14y agoSurely you wouldn't buy a $65,000 vehicle based on a new technology without at least reading about the pros and cons of that technology first? Right?
- epochwolf 14y agoThe charge will go down if it's cold out.
- fhars 14y agoBut Tesla explicitly says that even while they recommend it, you don't have to plug in over night: "The Model S battery will not lose a significant amount of charge when parked for long periods of time. For example, Model S owners can park at the airport without plugging in." And that the temperature make no difference: "Model S is engineered to perform in both hot and cold climates." (http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts http://www.teslamotors.com/models/facts)
- axusgrad 14y agoIf Tesla sold millions of these cars, lots of people would not read the web page or manual about special maintenance conditions. It makes perfect sense to write a review from the perspective of average or below intelligence.