Here comes the electric pickup

[TheIglu]

These are the same People who don’t get has until the light is on.


Let stupid be stupid. Rest of us have NO issue with cold weather in EV’s.

[jhawley]

Is this the vehicles themselves or is it the fault of the public charging stations?

little bit of column A and B: the cars take a huge hit, but if you have an EV some things arent as easy as having a gas car. public charging sucks. teslas network is the best, but its far form perfect.

My read is a combo: It's too cold for the cars to start DC fast charging but they also apparently can't start the preconditioning process on a DC fast charger? Makes me wonder what would happen if they plugged into a boring old Level 1 or Level 2 charger? I'm also wondering if these cars were allowed to get too low on SOC, and the cold also sapped the 12v battery down too far?

with the tesla if you put in the gps that your going to a charger it will start to heat the battery. so that when you get to the charger the battery is at ideal temp for fast charging. I have fast charged last month when we were at great wolf lodge, and it was about 28 degrees i did not have enough time to heat the battery (it was a 4 min drive away) charger was empty as it was early in the morning. but you could watch the car trying to heat the battery, i think the max speed i got out that charger was like 95 kWh. which compared to our chevy bolts its lightyears faster than those ever got.

50/50 problem. Tesla could and should warn drivers that cold weather is forecast and will cut tomorrow's range by 1/3. But that doesn't really matter. You still get people too stupid or lazy to act on the forecast and prepare for it.

this.. people are fucking idiots.

[Kurlon]

To be fair, 28F with a short drive to get there, and 95 kWh input rate, at that point the charge rate is doing the heating and it's not really proper 'cold' out. Chicago went from above freezing to -9F over the course of the day, and is now hovering at 0F a couple days later... bit different scenario. I think people are in for a new learning curve where it's not like the good old days where as long as there is some fuel in the tank, if you can get it to turn over you're good.

My 4XE won't draw down the battery to keep itself 'ready' in cold temps, it'll only do that off a charger. Will the Tesla preemptively self heat in the cold if not on a charger, possibly resulting in much lower SOC than people anticipated?

[csmutty]

I do appreciate the analysis of what the actual problem was with this Chicago situation. NESR is the best news source.

[RandyO]

is this just a problem with EVs parked in the weather, or does it include garaged EVs, say 55° or higher

[TheIglu]

I do appreciate the analysis of what the actual problem was with this Chicago situation. NESR is the best news source.

Just like all the non-ev owners being experts on owning ev’s.

[Kurlon]

is this just a problem with EVs parked in the weather, or does it include garaged EVs, say 55° or higher

Well... if your EV is in a 55F garage... guess what temp your EV is?

[RandyO]

Well... if your EV is in a 55F garage... guess what temp your EV is?

the ambient temp of the garage ? or am I missing something, does this make a difference for charging?

[Kurlon]

the ambient temp of the garage ? or am I missing something, does this make a difference for charging?

You're literally missing the whole point of the current conversation. Entirely apparently.

We're talking about potential charging problems for cars in the cold. Why would a WARM car have any relevance to that conversation?

[Point37]

This clip wrapped it up pretty well…I’m sure those abandoned teslas won’t hang around too long before the thieves get to them…another reason to not go electric…I believe Canada has been having similar problems…haven’t had temps that low around here in a while

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2JbV...Y2OGRwOXViag==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2GsL...hqMHhnbjRlaTVp


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[RandyO]

You're literally missing the whole point of the current conversation. Entirely apparently.

We're talking about potential charging problems for cars in the cold. Why would a WARM car have any relevance to that conversation?

not sure, are you answering my question? cold weather charging is not an issue if garaged?

[Point37]

not sure, are you answering my question? cold weather charging is not an issue if garaged?

Think it depends on the temperature of your garage

Edit: cool idea…

https://www.thesized.com/revr-ice-car-plug-in-hybrid/

Ouch

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1uCx...5ib21hdjN6OQ==

Decent results

https://www.insidehook.com/autos/ele...zing-cold-test

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[Kurlon]

Oh, well, that's a bit of a key detail the original article failed to mention: The CHARGERS were down. So bit harder to blame the owners on this one.

[PurplePackage]

This clip wrapped it up pretty well…I’m sure those abandoned teslas won’t hang around too long before the thieves get to them…another reason to not go electric…I believe Canada has been having similar problems…haven’t had temps that low around here in a while

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2JbV...Y2OGRwOXViag==

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C2GsL...hqMHhnbjRlaTVp


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Next month, its Tesla drives up their electric bill in winter, and then its Teslas just don't work because they opened up their network, And then its I TRADED MY TESLA FOR AN F150. And then its GAS PRICES ARE TOO HIGH. Instagrammers gotta instagram about something.

[Stoneman]

Is this the vehicles themselves or is it the fault of the public charging stations?

Oh, well, that's a bit of a key detail the original article failed to mention: The CHARGERS were down. So bit harder to blame the owners on this one.

So those chargers were DOWN? I can't seem to find anything on that.

EDIT: Yeah, I found a couple articles that finally mention the charging stations weren't operating correctly.

[PurplePackage]

Ram Promaster electric is out

https://www.ramtrucks.com/revolution...master-ev.html

[jhawley]

You know who has alot of EV's: fucking Norway and Sweden, and get this: its real fucking cold there, anddddddd guess what, they work just fine there.

[e30addict]

You know who has alot of EV's: fucking Norway and Sweden, and get this: its real fucking cold there, anddddddd guess what, they work just fine there.

People are smarter there......

[Point37]

Doesn’t look brand new…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C1XFO...pubjhtdWp3bA==


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[Garandman]

[PurplePackage]

Only went 90 miles, but only cost $13 to do it. Pull-thru superchargers definitely need to be integrated into Tesla supercharger maps. Dropping a trailer and reconnecting only takes 10 minutes, but that's equivalent to 20% of a refuel stop in minutes.

[gixxer72]

Only went 90 miles, but only cost $13 to do it. Pull-thru superchargers definitely need to be integrated into Tesla supercharger maps. Dropping a trailer and reconnecting only takes 10 minutes, but that's equivalent to 20% of a refuel stop in minutes.

So drive 90 miles, then wait 50 minutes to ‘refuel’? LOL

[PurplePackage]

So drive 90 miles, then wait 50 minutes to ‘refuel’? LOL

yes but that is with 400v supercharger station. we still don't know what 800v recharge time looks like. It could be as low as 20 minutes.

[obsolete]

You know who has alot of EV's: fucking Norway and Sweden, and get this: its real fucking cold there, anddddddd guess what, they work just fine there.

When I was in Sweden 2 years ago I don't remember many ICE vehicles. It was crazy.

[RandyO]

When I was in Sweden 2 years ago I don't remember many ICE vehicles. It was crazy.

I always thought 95% of these were suppose to be still on the road