Thoth1987
Member
Hi all, I'm a very fresh EV owner. I've had mine for about 4/5 months and have put just over 15000 kms on it so far. 2017 S 30kwh. Loving it to pieces. The temp outside has gotten to 6-12 degrees Celsius regularly over the last week here[live in BC Canada]and I've noticed my drive to work typically took about 23% to do, but now takes about 35%. Even when I used the AC and occasionally the heater for the whole trip it was still 22-25% per trip. So now instead of about 50% for the whole day it's closer to 65%. I use a level 1 charger at home so I'm going to have to use the chargers a block or 2 away from work every 2nd or 3rd day now. Really not a problem, still much better than our outrageous gas prices but I'm really curious as to why. Does a 10 degree drop in weather really cause this much power loss? It's also been raining a fair bit but ever when it's not the range is still poop. And if the temp drop is the main culprit - does that mean when it gets to -5 - -10 Celsius that it'll be even worse?
I've also got 17" winter tires on now, switched from the factory M+S 16" wheel/tire combo. Current tires are at 36psi and are just a good set of generic winter tires, nothing 'ev specific'. Could that also be a factor?
Thanks in advance
I've also got 17" winter tires on now, switched from the factory M+S 16" wheel/tire combo. Current tires are at 36psi and are just a good set of generic winter tires, nothing 'ev specific'. Could that also be a factor?
Thanks in advance