Surviving winter with a Tesla
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2024
- Video on how winter in my RWD Tesla Model S is going so far. I had no idea what I was doing to I had to talk to a pro about it. Hope you find this video useful in some way.
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Leaf drivers are the worse.
The same leaf driver gets to my school at 6am everyday to use the only working charger. I beat him to the charger yesterday and he unplugged my damn car to plug his in.
Ahaha what a goon...
Tell him ull break his neck next time,if u dont ,hell continue...
Just unplug his windshield with a 9 iron golf club
Unplug his every morning
So you can get him in truble
This is my friend Chris
Chris: 😐
Lmao looking like somebody farted
@@gerbilbits hshshshahahah
@@gerbilbits 😂😂😂
and Chris's face literally looks like that Emoji.
😶
When you first introduced Chris, his face looked like he reliving his first murder.
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
😂😂😂
He looks like Frodo's actor
First
Dubble bubble chin.
Chris looks like he is running away from the Police and doesn’t have time to talk.
LOL
LMMMMMMAAA0000000000
@firmly grasp it LMMMAAAOOOO
Exactly the way i act when i know a camera is rolling on me.
I think sometimes when your trying to save money you spend more money in the long run.
Or you can be a Tesla owner...You don't save money AND lose money in the long run.
Oh so true my friend!! 👍👍
Yepp
This os TRUTH. Which is why it’s more expensive to be broke then it is to be rich, percentage wise.
Wait a minute, you basically tore apart and put together a S with your teeth but can't put in a 220V outlet????
Lol!
100 percent agree
No, you don't understand. He is to cheap to invest into a better charger.
he cant you will get fine
He bought the car, so its no money into a charger lol....not cheap, just dumb..
Why would you buy an expensive electric car, and be too cheap to install proper charger??
Vaidas Šukaukas he built it
@@fuckingdank6333 That's even less of a good reason.If I rebuild an entire damn car i'll make sure it at least has the ability to drive.
@@spicketspaghet7773 k
He is cheap he didnt buy it,he built it from parts😁
Totally wrong. I paid an electrician around $500 to have 240V 50 amp dedicated service for my charger.....
Made in california, for california
California has these conditions up north as well.
Nope. These issues are not a problem with a new tesla. He has a VERY old model that apparently doesnt even get over the air updates because his UI looks like it's from 2014...
@@LulzRoyce ...HA HA HA HA....what about some of the REAL problems, like extremely poor quality interiors (a la Ford Focus) with incessant rattling, horrendous maintenance costs, horrendous repair costs, power steering failures, poor/inadequate/non-existent service centers, batteries that have to be replaced every 4-6 years at between 6-10 grand, Tesla batteries which are averse to cold weather, emergency exit handles that look like the actual door handle and get used regularly, there was no way to take one for a test ride to see if you actually like the car and now no more dealerships - everything is purchased online! The fatality rate is more than triple that of other luxury vehicles, door handles that either don't work, or are made so cheaply, they literally break off in your hands when tugged on hard, and don't forget, the company has NEVER been profitable to date because it was run by a clueless eccentric non-business oriented pot-smoking clown, and has had the company come close to folding 4 times already! Tesla... can you say POS? If electric cars were ready for prime time, GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Subaru & Nissan and the over-priced crappy European cars would have jumped all over it already instead of meekly dipping their toes into the tepid water!
Not the entire California, I can easily imagine this car getting stuck half way to the hills in Sequoia National Forest.
@@seanoleary1979 all of that has also been updated. Man there is so much misinformation about these cars. I have a 2018 model and the entire ceiling is glass and roof interior is fine alcantera including the door trims. Interior chrome was replaced with graphic and seats redesigned. The UI is super clean and responsive now as well. This vehicle has come a looooong way. And just lease one, they update these cars with new refreshes and upgrades so often that owning makes zero sense.
3:13 My dude listening to playboi carti 😂😂 I would never imagine that!
cash carti money bags
some old heads keep up
@@JJJ.98 he has a Tesla he not a old head anymore
This video was an eye opener! We've been taking heat for granted all this time. I'm sitting here complaining about my old piece of shit van overheating even when its 11 degrees F outside and having to drive with the windows down because I have to crank the heat all the way up to keep the engine cool.
You never appreciate what you have until it's gone.
I think you got a coolant problem or radiator problem, just sayin
Change the thermostat, or maybe your fun is not working.
How about cleaning your garage and park the Tesla IN THE GARAGE? ;-)
+Larry Butler Same reason some people keep gas jerry cans and ice cars in their garage?
Larry Butler Seriously? Engage brain before typing. AND YELLING! So where do you keep your cell phone when it's charging? Cordless power tools? Do you have a natural gas furnace? Natural gas heaters? Oil heaters? Do you have a hot water storage cylinder? (With a faulty TPR valve they can actually potentially explode catastrophically.) Or do you make your family stay outside?
maybe larry's phone runs on good ol nickel cadmium
What? Keep a CAR in the garage? I haven't done that since I moved into my current house. Garages are for keeping stuff in, not cars.
It's still parked close to the house, so in case of a fire, the house will get burned...
No need to preheat. No absolute need for regen braking. I have a Tesla in a northern state where it’s often below zero. Rich should definitely install a 240. That makes having an EV really nice. Plenty of charge overnight. Sure, range is impacted when the vehicle is cold but still plenty for daily use. If you setup your charging at night to end just before you need it in the morning, the battery is nice and warm and you get the best range and regen. Very simple solutions. Remember folks, Norway has a ton of these and they manage.
SO O yeah just dont go on a road trip when its realy cold.. been there done that!
Gustav Bjørnstad yea I feel like I would only own one of these if I had another vehicle for long trips and winter use
Jeff Anderson well it's no problem as long as it isn't -28°c outside!
Jeff Anderson how often do you go on long trips? Maybe it's cheaper to rent for the 2 times a year you do a road trip. Also that way you can have a really nice rental car.
Never having owned a Tesla, but with my previous Lead acid EV years ago I used a cloth cover which kept the car warm while charging. also I timed my charging so when I got home, I didn't charge until the evening, batteries still warm, otherwise the charge would finish early in the morning and the batteries would be cold. That way the car and batteries were always warm and no serious reduction on range except from driving through snow.
Hey, thanks for the video, and it has some good tips. There were a couple technical errors though, but they only stood out to me because I'm a former racing mechanic.
1. Low tire pressure affects range because of increased rolling resistance from the sidewalls and tread flexing more than normal. The car travels the same distance with each revolution, even when low, because the tread remains the same length.
2. The clunk in the winter is usually ice on the pads breaking free. When you stop, the brakes are warm and any moisture on the surfaces causes the brake pads to stick to the rotor when they cool and freeze. It's not a problem. The light surface rust that takes place on the rotors is not heavy enough to cause a clunk, unless the car has been sitting for an extended time. The light rotor rust on normally driven cars, or a car that has been sitting a couple weeks, is usually gone in the first hundred feet the car is driven. No need to get up to highway speeds and do a brake check ;)
PS: You would REALLY not like it here in Michigan... 7 degrees below zero Fahrenheit today, with wind chills of 20 below!
Uncle Rich! Man I appreciate your honesty. It makes your reviews that much more genuine and your opinion well worthy. Excellent work, even when you hate it...;)
Shit man, how the hell do you afford a Tesla but are stuck with a 120v charger getting *36* miles a day???
He built the car. Took a salvage Tesla and fixed it up for 6500k
@@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS ............but he's fitting in and being cool with the "in crowd".
Archer Tax break and govt subsidies lol.
@@LIFEOFSTUFFEDANIMALS Uh,,, I'll sell you ANY Tesla for 6500 K. (6,500,000). I guess
you meant $6500
@@AmazianLinsation82 Sorry not on a salvage one. He's not subsidizing Dubai with no fossil fuel
next video: Rich installs a 240 V outlet.
110V is archaic and outdated. 220-240 = win.
Yeah, he really really needs to install a 14-50. Really. :). -Lee
Just for a compressor or a welder it'd be handy.
He built a Tesla. Putting in a 240 should be cake
Meowy Meowerton If the house can take it. You never know... The Tesla was self-contained. :)
What most people don't know about winter tires is that they are made with natural rubber meaning they stay softer or more pliable in cold temperatures giving you more traction. All season tires will typically get harder the colder it gets and on ice can become like hockey pucks.
Correction: low tire pressure reduces efficiency by adding rolling resistance NOT by making the effective wheel diameter smaller.... just saying.
i guess thats alot of thinking, for people who says it consumes range which is like saying your phone consumes alot of movie time instead of saying it just consumes alot of battery. And electrons heating up?
It's both those things.
you are correct... Think of peddling a bicycle with low air pressure in the tires... Its hard ..
well considering how the tyre pressure for a model s is slightly higher than most sedans, its possible that the pressure of the air inside the tyres pushes out on the rubber making them slightly bigger. i dont know if its true but eh, it was fun to think about
If I buy a tesla, it better removes the snow on itself, by itself lol
Right I feel you on that
gasoline or diesel cars dont have such idiotic issues, they are much better than this battery toy
@@ci8158 Real shit I hate all the electric loser out here. I would pick an Rx-7 that take gasoline anyday.
It will when you turn on the heat.
@@ci8158 in the winter diesels have to have a heater or the diesel turns to gel.
Gas cars get shite mileage until the car warms up. This is why we buy remote starters. So same issues, just more exaggerated with these early electric cars.
All these problems with these new cars I'm sitting here in my 1997 Honda accord with 384,848 miles issue free🤪🤪
Yours (and mine 😁) also have issues but we don't realise until some major problem 😅
Word my Honda lover, but sooner or later ice cars will become a thing of the past.
I've owned Honda's all my life, you're a damn lie saying you're issue free at 350k miles.
@@MindzEnt dead ass bro shes at 392 now still dont have any issues I also keep my car well maintained and do alot of preventative maintenance on it such as timing belt and waterpump every 100k tune up every 3500miles (plugs&oil) wires every 15k all my suspension/chassis components have been replaced with serviceable grease port equipment I've done the 4 wheel disc break kit it's an excellent car I have not HAD to do any engine work or transmission work I did give the car a compleat drivetrain refresh at 300k including pistons and rings, main bearings, rod bearings, valve seals, valve springs/retainers all the gaskets and oil seals new synchros in the tranny and a few other bits none of it was needed but I figured shes been good to me with no major repairs in 300k miles I'd be nice to her... if it helps you understand how it's made it to almost 400k with nothing major this is a one owner car I bought new in 96 I'm super easy on bumps dont live around snow or anything like that it was serviced strictly by honda until the warranty went out loll
just bought a 1997 accord with 244k on it
"I never see a leaf owner, probably because they don't have enough range to make it to a mall"
dead
You can tell this car was designed in California
Yeah, especially the weak wiper motor comments. Apparently they're using an undersized unit. Tesla should just get their wiper motors from whomever supplies GM and be done with it.
@@snowrocket Maybe they should get them from wherever Toyota gets there motor units since GM is a shit company
ummmm ls the world?
I try to use the superchargers but gasoline engine cars bully me out and park in the way. They win. I'll go back to gas.
Charlie K
I think he just means that the car was made for california roads, where it dosen't snow or get very cold unless you're in the mountains.
I can't believe the amount of downvotes people have left for this video. I found it very interesting and educational. Both Rich and Chris are objectively giving you valuable information - how the hell can anyone dislike that? Great video. Keep em coming :)
Chris is a fucking beast. Just ratting off tyre pressures and knowing all the PTSD heating shit.
Man literally got that thinking cap on
You should check all your tires when it says one is low! Check pressure, wear, sidewall bubbles, etc.
Man you are simply hilarious, good video and you giving great information on actual Tesla usage, not the Fanboy information you see on other channels that refuse to say anything bad about Tesla.
Jay Dontknowbetter Says the Corvette fanboy
Still he is driving the tesla he did not put it for selling ;) simply he understood he can makes more money and have more views saying the bad stuff, man you guys need lessons of marketing!!!
Rich praises the Tesla whenever he can, he's on his 2nd rebuilt Tesla.
What he's doing is actually discouraged by Tesla as Tesla want's full control of your car, your just the shmuck who paid them money to borrow their car.
1:16 Kool Keith is the most important thing here guys
Yeah but the problem is most thing he says is inaccurate.
Chris’ reveal
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I dont get it, please explain the joke (?)
I saw this comment the same time Chris appeared lmao
@@SuntzuMocro 👁👄👁
Holy crap when u first introduced Chris as the "pro" I thought it was a f'in joke cuz of the look on his face bwahahahaha
Did anyone else note how poor the leather on the seats is?
@Nyezaire Mclean is this some kind of answer im reading here?
From what? 6 years ago?
Poor Chris, he seems he is about to have a nervous breakdown at any second.
Clean your damn garage rich and park the Tesla there
he needs 240v level 2 to get the full ev winter energy savings
I find it weird that the US still uses 120V sockets. I don't think I've seen even one in my entire life. Why is it still used there?
Muskar Why is it still used there? Are you offering to update all the existing appliances, electronic gadget and computer, every single domestic tool, lights, heaters etc nationwide? That's gonna cost you.
Of course it's gonna cost. But what about insulation? Are all houses in the US the same as they were when they were built? Things get changed over time, as necessary. Real estate is usually one of the most sound things to invest in. So if it was politically decided that 230/240V was a new standard that had to be implemented in all new houses built and then retrofitted in all older houses before 30 years has passed or so, then it would happen. Obviously it won't change overnight though.
But do you think there's political resistance? Or is it still something that a lot of people use?
Muskar because of lower safety rating if the use 230/220 v the need to change a lot things in therms off safety
Check your electrical service box and make sure that you have 2 open adjacent slots for a new 220 breaker. If you have the space in the box, adding the new line won't cost an arm and a leg. You can run the wires, socket and socket box yourself and then get an electrician to hook up the new breaker and then inspect everything for safety. Most of the cost for a 220 install would be running the wire and mounting the socket for the 220v.
You can just combine it even 110 and 110 that's all it is. Super simple works fine..
@@MichelLinschoten most people would kill themselves or burn down their houses “simply combining 2 110v connections”
There’s a reason we have breakers and electrical code. America used to have a lot more house fires
Step 1: USE A DAMN GARAGE
BossBrownsugar I wouldn’t have any kind patience with this car
Not everyone has a garage... Or even a carport or private parking space to put a charger.
I'm limited to curbside public chargers for example, living where I do in the city.
@@BossBrownsugar yes, I think you do have to own a house or condo to have a Tesla, at least that's what is holding most people back. When you buy Tesla they will install the charger at your house. Otherwise, you'd have to come to some arrangement with your landlord for installing a charger which is highly unlikely based on all the landlords I've met. Luckily there are a lot of Superchargers out there.
Buy a house god dam it’s not that big of deal
@@BossBrownsugar tempo shelter
I love your show, you don't sugarcoat it, and you are not a fanboy. You give the good with the bad. I love the idea of EV's and I really hope the perfect this technology. For now I will stick with a hybrid or gas.
Chubby Elijah Wood is knowledgeable
Not worried about how he looks. I'm a bit worried at the idea of "using electrons"
@@MrJimkaye uhh..why are you worried about using electrons?...I guess they can't be used but rather transferred...
Using doesn't imply consuming. I use a knife and fork to eat my dinner. Using electrons seems fine to me. But yeah, I was just looking for the Elijah Wood comment I knew would be here somewhere.
@@iforce2d Wow you are a weird one...I usually use some salt and pepper to eat my dinner...
Lol that made me crack up, so true!
Guy rebuilds the complete car basically from scratch but can't check the pressure in each tire?
You want me to check individual tire pressures with a tire pressure gauge? In the cold? I’m too much of a princess for that
its true, he is... I have seen the pictures....
Rich is gun shy from that time he flopped on his butt.
obsolete professor That was comedy gold!
Rich Rebuilds you are a clever man!!!! You understood the game you understood what they want to see and them you just throw the seeds and watch the pigeons come in to eat while the money come in to your pocket!! Clever son of a tesla!!
incredibly informative video for tesla drivers experiencing the cold for the first time!
Batteries always lose capacity in low temperature..... It is also true with your starting battery in a conventional vehicle.
I’m not gunna pay premium to basically be a science project with Tesla.
Leaf owners can’t make it to the mall 😂. Literally what all my in laws think of my car. You the best Uncle Rich!
1:25 - My 24 kW Leaf took me from Seattle to San Diego just fine in 2.5 days of relaxed driving! I charged at plenty of malls. Rich, you're funny.
Joel Smith I drive a Leaf too. I think he was just making one of his renowned recorder solo quips. The Leaf is a great car, no range issues here. Those who hate on them have either never driven one or have bad charging discipline.
At least the leaf has ACTUAL PHYSICAL BUTTONS for heated seats and such...
Veikra, well, I don't hate on the Leaf 🍃. It's a perfectly good economy option. However, I do prefer Tesla's touchscreen, to the physical buttons. I like the look of the Leaf, though.
@@Buy_My_Raptor i heard that there is a new Leaf+ coming with more range.
Can you put a gas generator in the trunk and drive while charging? Sounds like you can fix you tesla by adding a 4 stroke
Wouldn’t that defeat the purpose of clean energy?!
@@Forever-411 Exactly. Use electricity from a coal-fired plant instead of gasoline.
@@josephgaviota and it only needs a nuke plant to get it warm enough to drive. and we fill landfills with caustic lithium when the battery is dead.. we're green!
0hjaa 2.0 your missing the point.
0hjaa 2.0 😵 Oh we have ourselves a keyboard warrior. 🤭 Ironically YOUR punctuation isn’t as good as good as YOUR so called grammar. Therefore you can shove it 🖕🏼
you are the only tesla streamer that I can stand watching. Great job.
Chris looks and sounds like a bored with life Jonah Hill.
He is an old Data from STNG.. sans emotion chip.
Haha I was thinking the same thing.
He gives that stare that my dad started having after he came back from Vietnam in the 70s.
joeylantis22 How’s that funny in any way.
Watchful Eye its pretty gunny acctually
That really seems to be the Achilles' Heel of EVs - the heater, it sucks so much energy away from the battery and really hurts your range. In a ICE car, the heater runs off of waste heat that would be going to the outside either way.
I'm interested in adding a steam charging system to my ICE car
I own a Model 3. You can control how much range loss you get in cold weather by how hot you keep the cabin. If you need the extra range wear a coat and drop the temp a little, or stop at a supercharger for 10min. They're everywhere now.
@@stephenking2357 Tesla's are supposed to be luxury cars right?
What's luxurious about wearing a coat in a uncomfortably cold car while constantly stopping at a charging station...
110V charger! Dude, you're killing me! A proper charger would be the first thing I would do. And why is this car not in a garage in the snow belt? Well...you made me post. Thumbs up.
Get a high amp 240V outlet. Cost me about $800 for a 50A 240V and about 150 feet of 6/3 romex snaked through crawlspaces and a barn. Clipper creek level 2 charger was $500. I can now also use it for welding, or replace it with a subpanel if I want to add more circuits to my barn and garage. Recharges our plug-in C-max in a couple hours, but are prepared for any future pure EV or two cars plugged in. Looks like your garage is under your house so hopefully not too far from your main panel. (I already had 200A service to the house, so that would be the larger expense if you don't and are close to a 100A limit, or have a really old house that still has 60A service. I originally had something like 60A service wiring with a100A main breaker, so glad I had that replaced!)
Yup. Got to have the 200 amp service. Unless your just renting a little house.
if you parked in your garage your car wouldn't be as cold. Just saying.........
ya parking in the garge can also reduce frost on the windows, wind can have neg effects on charging. my tire pressure is like 31lb in 20 degree ..soon as gets to 1pm they go to 35lbs tempature gets 30-40 degree
Yeah, it seems strange to me why someone wouldn't park their car in their garage if they have a proper winter season. Even if it isn't heated (which you can easily do with a Mr. Heater or something similar) it's still not as cold as it is outside, especially not if the garage is attached to the house since it'll get radiant heat from the heated room(s) on the other side of the wall.
have u seen the inside of garage //////////////////////////? lol
Garages are for lawnmowers, kids bikes and Tesla parts. You haven't seen Rich's garage, have you?
obsolete professor . Garages are for cars. Sheds are for lawn mowers etc..
“because I hated making it”
damn I finally found a youtuber like me
If you are wondering if you need winter tires, you do not have real winters. When it's -40, the rubber of All Season tires gets harder and loose traction on hard surfaces. All Seasons tires have smaller treads patterns that are designed to evacuate water, but they get clogged really quickly with softer surfaces.
If your car has TPMS you can check it by pressing and holding the left scroll wheel, when the menu appears select "Car Status". The pressure for each tire will be displayed.
6:34 Wow, I had no idea the Tesla tries to keep the batteries warm even when not in use!
Lithium batteries cannot be charged below freezing temps. unless you want to destroy them.
@@MrEroshan Not only that you cannot charge them in cold conditions but they get damaged by just being stored in cold so the car does this to protect itself thus keeping itself warm even if you turned it off. And so it'll use it's own electricity to warm itself...untill it runs out if it has to...so if you park you ev outside in winter...plug it in!!!.
Try -30 outside temps. The battery warmers can not even keep the battery pack above 32 degrees when it is that cold outside.
That is a 62 degree temp difference just to get up to 32. And the battery pack is supposed to be operated at something like 45 degrees at a minimum. When you get to work and your parking lot has 110 outlets only. Hmm and you work 10 hour shifts. and by the time you get out of work -30 was the high for the day. It is now -41 at night and you need headlights as well. And your battery pack reads 22 degrees after being plugged into a 110 outlet all 10 hours with battery warmers on. Useless! Range reads 55 miles.
As soon as you start driving the range drops quickly. You have to use a credit card to scrap off ice on the inside of the windshield to see as your breath freezes on the inside of the windshield faster than the defrost can clear it. Useless.
@@danhammond9066 You clearly are an outlier case who shouldn't own an electric car. Tell your place of work to get the right infrastructure or pick something else.
Austin Michael Tesla's aren't for everyone. I think it's a great car but I would like to wait 5 more years before getting one. Not fun living through Canada winters.
Model 3 here and it says which tire, also doesn’t slip on regen: great traction control
This is a old model cuz his UI is very old so he prob doesn't get over the air updates
@@user-oc6gb6cv6y I think it's barred due to being rebuilt from a few different Teslas.
I am sure your wife appreciates your listening skills.
With such an expensive car, you would think that the tire pressure sensor would tell you which wheel it is. On my volt it not only tells me which wheel is low, it also tells me the pressure on all 4 wheels.
Newer teslas do this as well.
Go to Harbor freight and buy a car port canopy. Run a duct from your laundry vent. And cover the top of your car with an electric blanket. Cut the wind off the car, plus keeping the internal temp down should help. I grew up in Northern Michigan in a town called Pellston. ( The Ice box of the Nation ) we would do this to help keep our cars warm. So that they would start when we needed to use the cars.
As someone who is looking to buy their first electric car, I am learning a lot from your channel. 👍🏼
Well this is all i needed to see to know I am staying with internal combustion. Electric is still too new.
Well, it's really a change on the way you operate it. Batteries are naturally more efficient at warmer temperatures. So if you want to get the temp up, then you should allocate an extra 15 minutes. They're not worse or better than ice cars in a lot of aspects. They're just different than the usual ice
Same as me,i know i can always count on my payed off old silverado
Baker electric been around a hundred years.
Mercedes for 12 years TELLS you what tire it is, and each tire's pressure to the exact pound plus 2 decimals. And you can go 600 miles on ANY mercedes sedan or SUV on a single 10 minute fill up.
First of all im not sure why you ignorantly state that Mercedes may be superior for those reasons, why would you be so arrogant? For example, many years ago my ugly cheap 2006 Chevy Trailblazer illustrated each tires exact PSI (likely manufacturers all use same sensors). Secondly, its a FACT that most Mercedes can NOT go 600 miles on a tank of gas LOL thats the most ignorant thing ive ever heard! Mercedes (and most german cars) are PIGS on gas!!! Ive owned many.
evs are the future, yes when cars were knew maybe a good horse pulled carriage could still run faster, but look were we are now
I "SAID" a few years ago, "the truetest of a Tesla is in a MINNESOTA winter".🤔
Really enjoyed your honest and realistic appraisal of your Tesla in winter conditions. Excellent.
Had a Volt, current generation, drove all electric 91% over 30,000 miles. Did this in part by charging when I was at the mall.
Love your videos but don’t hate on the Volt. It had ZERO problems the entire time I owned it and showed me that going all electric was a real option. It fit better in my budget than a Tesla. I appreciate what Tesla has done and continues to do to push the auto industry into the future. Thank you Rich for pushing Tesla to be a better company.
regen and engine break in my prius makes it one of the best winter driving cars I have ever had. Because you can slow down with out using break and can still turn. I live in South Dakota and very mountainous and very cold and lots of snow in winter, I see about 5 mpg drop in average temp but otherwise great. Also winter tires, not all season, not ever if yoiu deal with lots of snow I do not care if it is awd. traction is traction and all season tires are not the same.
"Here's how my Tesla drives in the snow! Yaaayyyyy!"
Rich, you crack me up! Lol!
The only upside of 120V is that people barely die from it. There is a lot of death by accidental exposure to 240V (higher amps). Now, not using the metric system is unexplainable
Not using Fahrenheit is unexplainable.
Not all Americans are as ignorant and stupid as I . Standing in a pool of water holding 120VAC line.
Hint from Canada, get a car cover clean all the snow off in one motion, snow weights a lot but you can push it all to one side. Shovel a side, remove the cover to that side, shovel again.
Inside turn the heater on full for a short time then use the wheel heat, seat heat and a 12 volt DC blanket. Rear defrost front defrost but use the vent not heat after you get going. Use winter tires, studded tires if icy but at least real winter tires. Nokian if possible.
Dont know if anyone out there thought of it but if you go get your tires filled with nitrogen they dont expand or condense with heat or cold. Truckers use that for working in the negative degree weather. Also great for long highway driving in the heat. As the tires head up from friction they wont expand and soften as fast from the expanding on regular o2 air
Lets piss those guys off.. CAR GURU! CAR GURU! CAR GURU! CAR GURU! ! ! ! ! !
Great video. Off topic but using a typical snow brush WILL scratch your paint. Preferable to use a micro fiber towel to remove snow.
Jaf M He probably parks really far away from other vehicles at Wal mart or Home Depot So his car doesn’t get dinged.
Jaf M Exactly,I remember when I first bought my Lexus GS300 back in the day (when it was cool),I went early enough to a store to buy a tool & the parking lot was completely customer empty.(just a few employee vehicles parked far away since they’re not allowed to park close)....I parked my Lexus in a corner far away as well because the lot is empty,As I was about to enter the store I seen a car pull into the lot,I stopped to see where the individual would park....Sigh the Jack went to park right next to me in an empty parking lot,I was about to go move my car but he decided to move.Almost like it was a Joke of some sort.
I'm so glad I could care less about my paint job when I'm shoveling 2 feet of snow off.
Hey Rich. I have a Nissan Leaf that I installed solar panels and it can charge itself. Most reliable car I ever had. For me it's plenty of range as I have put over 60,000 miles on it so far.
LIES! The wind drag from those panels would kill any benefit.
How are you able to make it to the mall in your leaf? You had enough range? Just kidding the Nissan Leaf is actually good car they are very reliable
I don't lie sir but I do use flexible solar panels. Thank you. Look up 240WATT SOLAR SELF CHARGING NISSAN LEAF. I have charged my car off grid and powered my house for 4 days with no grid power.
I haven't seen the Fisker Karma with solar panels. I use a flexible solar cells I made myself that are less than 1/8 of an inch thick no effect on drag.
If you don't have a garage but do have space for a carport that alone will ease the hurt.. Less ice on the car, no snow building up on top of your car.. I guess it's definitely something to consider living in places where it gets cold, and owning an electric vehicle.. Lots of practical information in this video, thanks a lot!
Use N2, it is a very dry gas. You will not have the low air psi in the winter. N2 does not have moisture so when it gets around freezing your psi will not be effected. Moisture will freeze and lessen the air volume in the tire.
Chris looks like he’s in a federal witness protection program and just found out you’re live streaming this video!!! Lol
Warning about your casual treatment of the charging cable in snowy weather: DON'T let snow accumulate in the charging cable connector! It will cause trouble. If there is snow in between the conductors and you shove it into the charge port, the force will turn the snow to ice. That can prevent you from seating the charge cable! (Been there, you don't want to repeat my experience.) TIP: If you DO get ice in there, you can use the car's defroster or dash vents as a hair dryer and melt the ice. (Or you can use a hair dryer if you can get one near enough to the car.)
I think you could fix all these issues by moving to Florida
I live in Florida, that’s correct
or park your Tesla in garbage container, and get real car
Or actually parking it in the garage.
QALibrary Proper northern living & season loving ppl never consider FL.
Its not hurricane proof lmao
Great video showing the reality of these cars. I am not sure what it will take to become a fan of battery cars but when I see videos like this I find it amazing how much owners need to adapt to the car instead of the other way around. Then there is the danger of the battery fire and electrocution if in an accident and the potential of not being easily removed from the car in an accident (limited use of jaws of life). I drive a 2011 Touareg Hybrid and it becomes dangerous when your half used to incredible braking under regen and white knuckle under normal braking. It scares my wife so much she will not drive the car and it still surprises me when I haven’t driven the car for a week or so. Also, I bought the Touareg to tow because of its massive 7800 lb towing capacity but when it switches between battery and engine when backing down a boat ramp or other slow maneuvers it’s VERY challenging. It also feels like your killing the car by putting so much weight through the electric motor. In fact, I now have a high pitched sound (sounds like supercharger whine) coming from the transmission that the dealer says is normal. So from perfectly quiet to loud whine and it’s normal. That’s typical for a VE dealer
Great material especially if you don't own a Tesla! Your sarcasmism is what keep me interested.
His technical knowledge is a bit broken...
The advises are correct, but the explanations are broken.
Tires circumference is getting smaller and then they do spin faster ? Thats nothing to do with the energy consumption... The actual rubber being squished more is the actual thing which eats your energy, it is not efficient to squish your tires too much and it is not efficient to have a huge tire patch touching the ground. This is proven by the tires being eaten faster when you're driving deflated. Of course you can arguate that more rpms, more power loss, etc, but that doesn't matter that much in this case, specially in electric.
Lower voltage = lower energy consumption ? NO. Watts = amperage * voltage. So the seats being lower voltage doesn't mean they consume less, they could eat 100 amps and consume more ! (they don't).
Batteries are staying on a constant voltage. They don't care which voltage equipment you're using, converters do care. If you want to heat the batteries - use more energy or the batteries heater...
Indeed, basic electrical know how is in surprisingly short supply! I myself don't know what the current capacity of a US household 120 volt outlet like this one here might be, especially with an extension cord, but whatever they supply is some number of watts. Maybe even a kilowatt or two? Either way, if the battery is warm enough for ions to migrate, meaning it needs to have an internal resistance low enough to efficiently accept charge (that is, with low loss) it will do so and continue as long as it remains at an acceptable temperature.
As the temperature plummets, at some ambient temperature that remains to be determined, there's no longer enough available power (kilowatts) to both heat and keep the battery at an acceptable charging temperature AND have enough power margin remaining ("amps", so to say) to charge the battery as well; not at an appreciable rate anyway. A solution to this is to warm up the battery some other way. A short drive is one possible way but it's a hassle, and very time consuming since only then would you be able to start charging it back up again; another is to arrange for a warmer charging environment to begin with -- such as a garage. Maybe in some marginal situations one could experiment with installing a separate electrical cabin heater if such things are available on the market in the states, and assuming the household has an outlet remaining and the capacity left to run it. That would at least put what little power is available at the charging outlet to focus on the battery and partially remove the passenger compartment out of the equation.
Upgrading the house wiring to support the highest possible amps at a 240 volt outlet with the shortest possible run from the panel, dedicated for the car, is the most practical solution, really. That's a job for a sparky though and comes with a cost. :(
As for the tires, yeah, it's the losses from the increased rolling resistance that impacts the economy. Lower pressure, more deformation of the rubber per revolution.
Very informative in a practical way!!!! It's a trade off on functionality issue with EV's verses ICE's.
Ice blows EV out of the water in every way except for cost of gasoline that’s the only con
Great video just made my mind up never buying electric car 👍
As a detailer, watching you ripping your paint job up clearing that snow was hard. Just really hard Rich...
Wow, mad props. Lots of good info that guy shared!!!
Rich you can upgrade Delores and she will tell you which tire is low. My 2013 got the upgrade and works great!
jb007gd He cant because telsa no longer supports updates because he rebuilt it
Moises Mora Oh. Sad face. I must have missed that. At least he can still supercharge!
jb007gd i dont think he can do that either lmao, tesla has him locked down
Upgrade or update?
Can an upgrade be downloaded by someone else onto a USB or similar device and then installed on his car?
Burn it and push it down a hill then you can sit warm and cosy next to it and melt some marshmellows
3:30 imagine rich rebuilds a dad who listening to playboy carti in a Tesla
I went to 3:30 but didn’t see anything implying he listens to Carti
One of the best videos till now Rich, even though I don't own a musk car... & never will we love your videos!
What a great down to earth video. We need more like this!!!
Wait you don't own an air compressor???? How do you rebuild all these Teslas without one?
Les Martin He doesn't have a tire pressure gauge and that's only a few bucks. You can't trust TPMS all the time.
Him not having one also surprised me as well. I'm not saying you'd need one for rebuilding a vehicle, but it's always nice to have in the shop for a multitude of reasons. He even mentioned being cheap and paying for air at those air stations definitely adds up and is more expensive long term.
Unplug your dryer and charge with your dryer outlet. Actually have your wife do that, mistakes do happen :)
My 2001 Camry has none of these problems.
Winter tire question is about being able to stop. 4 whell drive or rear wheel drive makes no difference when you need to stop on a slippery road.
How sweet your voice and polite you were back in the days.
@5:00 this guys says "just like ICE", well, if an ICE car lost half of its range in winter, I think there will be a mass recall and a big scandal.
ICE cars loose indeed, you pay more for the fuel in winter.
Just buy a Toyota Corolla when winter comes the car is not scared..
Harry Makongwa 😂😂😂
"A high voltage draw on the battery". I think your guest confuses Volts with Watts...
Amps
Candels
Hitler
1.21 jiggawatts
3:09 uncle rich waiting for whole lotta red
Faxxxx
This is going to be my first winter with the Tesla Model 3, so this video was very helpful. Thanks!
There's this cheap device that you can connect to the tyre and it will tell you it's pressure.
Tesla, Volt, Leaf ... I live in North Dakota, my choice is turbo diesel.
Sean Watts Your neighbor from Minnesota here, and I second that. I drive a gasoline car with a manual transmission and you will pry it from my cold dead hands to make me change that.
That's unforgivable, even my Hyundai shows you tire pressure on EACH TIRE!
I think Chris is a little mistaken with some points. If the car is left plugged in to a 120v supply surely the traction battery will not stay heated the whole time and even if it did, it would reach temp and only then top up occasionally so wouldn't discharge the battery. Also the seat heaters are just a lower WATTAGE, the fact that they are 12v and not the traction battery voltage is not the reason why they are more efficient.
You cannot check tire pressure by looking at them, use a gauge and fill all your tires to the correct pressure at the start of cold weather as the pressures always drop when the temp drops.