Great Dave here in Canada we set the regen as follows when the battery is to cold to accept regeneration when we lift of the accelerator.. Controls > Pedals & Steering > Apply Brakes When Regenerative Braking is Limited. The other thing I wish Tesla would re-able to change the re-gen to mild during slipper roads, without have to by SEXY buttons with the controller to enable direct access to regen settings. Comon Tesal in cold climates without being able to manually set regen, how about a Snow mode, my 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 you could. It disabled the front motor disconnect and reduced the regen setting automatically.
If you are plugged in, all preconditioning is done with "shore power". Obviously if you are plugged in to 120V and it's well below freezing, the car will need to steal some battery power to supplement the shore power to make it happen.
Thanks for the video, Dave! Out of curiosity, what year model is your X? I've been looking at used Xs for the last few weeks and the resistive heater vs. heat pump was one of my worries.
That's great, but I don't think this is going to be the experience of someone in the north where it's still solidly below zero and the wipers, door handles and charge door are frozen
The experience here where we get -15F at night sometimes is different, but not significantly so. The wipers will thaw with the windshield. You just set the car to automatically precondition itself for your departure time and the car will already have been warm long enough to soften any ice around the wipers, then you just scrape it away. The car knows how cold it is and will start preconditioning much earlier if it's really cold out so it can slowly raise the temperature. Cranking the internal temperature over 90 and defrosting very fast like EV Dave is doing here isn't really the optimal way to do it. If it's truly cold out and you suddenly crank the car temperature up into the 90s, you'll probably crack a windshield. Bring it up into the high 60s (20C-ish) and let it sit there for 10 minutes or so for the warmth to permeate the ice and it'll be just as effective, save some energy, and reduce the chances of thermal shock issues. There is a function in the app to release the driver's door if the handle is frozen solid, but usually enough warmth has leaked out into the handles to release ice anyway. I haven't had to use the function in the app yet though I have had some really crusty sounds coming from the door latches opening them occasionally. I've had several ICE door handles freeze up, though. The charge door is really the only thing that could get frozen and be a real issue, but the door has small enough points of contact that getting it frozen is rare. It's about the same chances as, say, the cover on a gas cap, and is solved in the same way. People who are really concerned about the handle freezing into the port will tend to wrap something like a plastic bag around the connection so ice can just break away, but the act of charging causes the charging handle to warm up a bit and tends to make ice easy to break away. I've never really had any issues with my Tesla or my Bolt on that front.
"Give your port the finger" 😂
always neat seeing places and people you know on a video
I missed you at Grumpys
Thank you.
You can keep that weather out west for a few more weeks, thanks!
Great Dave here in Canada we set the regen as follows when the battery is to cold to accept regeneration when we lift of the accelerator.. Controls > Pedals & Steering > Apply Brakes When Regenerative Braking is Limited. The other thing I wish Tesla would re-able to change the re-gen to mild during slipper roads, without have to by SEXY buttons with the controller to enable direct access to regen settings. Comon Tesal in cold climates without being able to manually set regen, how about a Snow mode, my 2023 Hyundai Ioniq 5 you could. It disabled the front motor disconnect and reduced the regen setting automatically.
Glad I live in sunny Florida....I sure do miss the snow in Virginia.....not!
Did you lose any battery when pre-heating the car? Or does the charging kick back on to ensure 80% when you leave?
If you are plugged in, all preconditioning is done with "shore power".
Obviously if you are plugged in to 120V and it's well below freezing, the car will need to steal some battery power to supplement the shore power to make it happen.
When connected to the wall connector it charges while it preconditions the car
Thanks for the video, Dave! Out of curiosity, what year model is your X? I've been looking at used Xs for the last few weeks and the resistive heater vs. heat pump was one of my worries.
I think he said he had a 2019, so it was has the resistive heater vs heat pump in the newer ones.
The model X is a 2020. Uses resistive heat so it’s not as efficient as today’s model’s that use heat pumps.
That's great, but I don't think this is going to be the experience of someone in the north where it's still solidly below zero and the wipers, door handles and charge door are frozen
The experience here where we get -15F at night sometimes is different, but not significantly so.
The wipers will thaw with the windshield. You just set the car to automatically precondition itself for your departure time and the car will already have been warm long enough to soften any ice around the wipers, then you just scrape it away. The car knows how cold it is and will start preconditioning much earlier if it's really cold out so it can slowly raise the temperature. Cranking the internal temperature over 90 and defrosting very fast like EV Dave is doing here isn't really the optimal way to do it. If it's truly cold out and you suddenly crank the car temperature up into the 90s, you'll probably crack a windshield. Bring it up into the high 60s (20C-ish) and let it sit there for 10 minutes or so for the warmth to permeate the ice and it'll be just as effective, save some energy, and reduce the chances of thermal shock issues.
There is a function in the app to release the driver's door if the handle is frozen solid, but usually enough warmth has leaked out into the handles to release ice anyway. I haven't had to use the function in the app yet though I have had some really crusty sounds coming from the door latches opening them occasionally. I've had several ICE door handles freeze up, though.
The charge door is really the only thing that could get frozen and be a real issue, but the door has small enough points of contact that getting it frozen is rare. It's about the same chances as, say, the cover on a gas cap, and is solved in the same way. People who are really concerned about the handle freezing into the port will tend to wrap something like a plastic bag around the connection so ice can just break away, but the act of charging causes the charging handle to warm up a bit and tends to make ice easy to break away. I've never really had any issues with my Tesla or my Bolt on that front.
Perhaps, how do you open your vehicles doors in those confines now?