The long trip did not get him stranded, but having the car parked in the cold (10 deg F in the morning) affected the partially charged batteries to fall from comfortably making the trip back to the charging station as indicated in the evening, to having less than half charge left the next (cold) morning, so apparently the range estimation in cold is not accurate or the cold is affecting the battery more than originally expected and drivers must be warned not to park in extreme cold...
Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless Corporation http://www.proxim.com Email: [email protected] Private: http://www.cvandewater.com Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP: +31877841130 Tel: +1 408 383 7626 Tel: +91 (040)23117400 x203 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] on behalf of EVDL Administrator Sent: Tue 2/12/2013 11:31 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [EVDL] NY Times slaps down Tesla S http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/automobiles/stalled-on-the-ev- highway.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& http://tinyurl.com/bz67zyu The reviewer tried a long distance road trip in an EV, and discovered that range drops in cold weather and when you have a heavy right foot. In other news fit to print, water is wet and snow is cold. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
