(CBS) -- Some Tesla drivers learned the hard way about how cold weather affects battery life. Teslas lined up early Monday morning at a charging station at The Evergreen Marketplace, at 9200 S. Western Ave. in Evergreen Park. Some Tesla batteries died in Chicago's sub-zero temperatures,...
Tesla owners run into battery charging trouble in Chicago's bitter cold Electric vehicles, or EVs, are known for losing efficiency in cold weather, an issue that Consumer Reportsinvestigatedlast year due to concerns about significant variations in how different electric cars held up in cold weather...
While Tesla’s batteries aren’t the only electric car power sources that can be drained in the cold, scenes of lines for charging points and drivers needing to call tow trucks because their pricey electric vehicles wouldn’t start on a cold day points to a less than stellar look for the ...
Chicago is a busy hub, and this would be similar to many gas stations running out of fuel with a bunch of cars running on fumes pulling up to the pump. Of course, such failures can attract a lot of media coverage. But our readers told us that the cold weather in nearby Michigan has...
This past Sunday, the high temperature in Chicago was 1 degree. Area suburbs did not see temps over zero. It was really cold. Cars were not being charged Drivers reported that though they were plugged into Superchargers, and connected properly, charging did not take place. This is true-ish...
The cold in Chicago stranded some unlucky EV drivers. Tesla has cut prices in China and Europe. Ford Motor is scaling back production of its F-150 Lightning electric truck in the U.S. Worst of all, the stocks of EV producers have just been terrible in January, and Friday trading is no...
State of Charge plummeting in cold weather Thread starter Shelburne Start date Dec 15, 2023 This site may earn commission on affiliate links. Prev 1 2 J jsmay311 Active Member Apr 22, 2016 1,610 2,391 Chicago suburbs Dec 17, 2023 #21 SageBrush said: The specific heat of the ...
Home charging is one of the best cold-weather practices Many Chicago-area Tesla owners stuck waiting in long lines of battery-depleted EVs in January might have avoided the significant impacts of the cold snap by charging at home. In Tesla’s first years of sales, Supercharging for life for...
Cold Weather Chicago? I have 2004 toyota highlander limited. Getting expensive to fix. Time for new car. I like electric. But my sisters husband was saying it does not work in cold weather. But I dont see snything on their website about a that. Just somebody saying on reddit that it...
Even the most cynical detractor of it will admit that its adoption has been quick and widespread; but as a simple matter of fact, to-day, all the lamps and all the lighting dynamos in the country would barely meet the needs of New York and Chicago if the two cities were to use no ...