Charging & range
Precondition the battery before every fast charge
A cold battery charges slowly, sometimes at half the speed, because the car limits power to protect the cells. Preconditioning warms the pack to its happy temperature on the way to the charger so it can take full power the second you plug in.
Let the car warm the pack
- Set the charger in the nav, or it will not happen Most modern EVs precondition the battery automatically, but only when you route to the charger in the built-in navigation. Drive to a charger you did not set as the destination and you arrive with a cold pack and charge at a fraction of the speed. Make setting the next charging stop in the nav a habit, every single time, even when you know the way.
- In cold weather, give it more lead time The colder it is, the longer the pack takes to warm. Start navigation to the charger earlier on a freezing morning, and expect the first minutes of the session to be slower until everything is up to temperature.
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