WRITTEN BY TYLER DURDEN ON DEC 26, 2022. POSTED IN LATEST NEWS
EV Owner Stranded At Supercharger Station After Cold Weather Deadens Battery
dashboard errorBesides freezing door handles, Tesla owners who braved the cold this Christmas weekend were met with ‘winter range anxiety.’ As we explained last week, cold weather will degrade battery performance.
At least one video went viral on Christmas Eve of a person whose Model S wouldn’t charge in the cold at a Supercharger station.
Domenick Nati, 44, a resident of Lynchburg, Virginia, rolled into a Supercharger station Saturday afternoon with 19 miles left of charge. [emphasis, links added]
The Tesla’s dashboard showed outside temperatures were 19 degrees Fahrenheit. He made a video about his awful experience over the last 24 hours.
https://climatechangedispatch.com/ev-owner-stranded-at-supercharger-station-after-cold-weather-deadens-battery/