**Main Takeaways:** - **Temperature Impact:** At -17°C, the Tesla Model 3 lost about 9% of battery range overnight, with an actual effective loss of 5% due to cold affecting battery performance. - **Battery Readings:** The cold reduced the available range temporarily, indicated by a snowflake icon and a blue line on the display. - **Energy Use:** Sentry mode, which was active, used more energy to keep the cameras defrosted. - **Range Loss:** In-town driving in extreme cold showed about a 30% loss of range. - **Pre-Heating:** Pre-heating the car helped improve comfort and battery efficiency. - **Overall:** Despite energy loss, Tesla batteries handle cold weather relatively well, with less impact than commonly feared.
Not to be rude, but the fact that you left Sentry Mode on completely invalidated this test. Sentry mode can drain like 4% of your battery overnight. To have a real sense of cold-related idle battery drain, you need to leave out any other source of battery consuption.
The coldest I've had here in the US where I live was -37 C The coldest place i've been in the mainland USA was Peter Sinks UT. It was -55 C in the bowl. A girl got frost bite taking her gloves off for more than 1 1/2 minutes. Wind just killed her fingers.
I have been considering a Tesla and live in Northern New England but do not have a garage. While winters aren't as drastic as they used to I am still concerned about leaving a Tesla outside for its entire life. Do you have PPF on this vehicle?
I have a question: If you leave your car plugged in overnight to a level 1 charger(120 volt outlet) when its -30, will it still charge at the same speed(about 3 km per hour).
I still see comments on Tesla videos from knuckle dragging mouth breathers about how Teslas dont work in cold weather...their willful ingorance is exhausting and infuriating.
Minus 17 C is only about Minus 2 F. If you want to do a real test on the car,take it up to Thompson or Lynn Lake when the Temperature is Minus 50 or Minus 60 F and leave it outside overnight. Chances are it won’t do half as good as it did in Saskatoon.
Why is it all E cars look alike? Why is it an E car wears a mask all the time? I am 81 and the E car just does not appeal to me. I like my ICE car , it’s 20 years old and gets me from point A to point B without a care of graphs, cameras, Electric efficiency or a$1000 phone.
All I have to do is look at my gas gauge, no iPhone, no App, just crank and go and not to the gas station either. E cars require too much concern. I don’t need that all day long.
?? you want facts? - EV run at a 70% efficency in the cold. - They take twice to charge (here you can see it was at around 80% and still needed 3 and half hrs to complete (10hs to charge it at home??? WTF??) - This car will have an autonomy of 2-3hs, that means you cannot drive further than 1h away, unless you have 100% access to a charger, otherwise you will be stranded and will requier to tow the car back home. - In the event you are a lunatic and you drive 2hs and you need to recharge, you will need to waste 1-2hs in a supercharging station. Yeah, haters......
@@nicolashrv At home chargers, the charge time is exactly the same all year round. 8-16 hours for a full charge at home is common. At superchargers you'll get the full speed as long as you navigate to it and pre-condition on the way there. Chargers are everywhere. Even in the coldest of winters, you can drive wherever you need to.
Your lying! So you just showed you heated up the car and no loss of battery! That is impossible. And the loss is more like 30 percent overnight! Tell the truth!!
