Preconditioning the battery. Why does it matter? And a few thoughts on charging to 80%

The video I show within is here: • I Deep Froze My Tesla ... . It’s a great watch all the way through.
The way the car handles the battery is pretty amazing. I’ve never experienced cold weather charging, but I can attest to it being problematic in very hot weather as well.

[@MikaelTh]

I should have guessed it from the silly intro, but seriously, 10 mins about how interesting you find it, that your car takes care of the battery.

[@niceboy60]

That means charging takes 2 hours + As the Time it takes to Preheat should be included as part of the charging process

[@leet0809]

Is preconditioning manual? Or automatic when I start driving? Meaning do I have to click something to start the preconditioning? Every time???

[@davestechstories8832]

If you set a destination, the car will route you to a supercharger and automatically precondition the the battery. If you choose not to select a destination (and thus have no supercharger on a route) and then stop at a supercharger, the car will accept a charge - but unless the conditions are ideal, it will charge slowly. And the computer will pop up a warning like “for fastest charging use online routing” which is basically reminding you to precondition the battery.

[@davestechstories8832]

You don’t have to do anything manual, regardless.

[@niceboy60]

There's one major issue with that Video He never turn on the Heater, he had a Second Car with the Heater on . Who Stays in a Car in ❄️ with Heater Off for almost 2 hours 😏 If he had his family inside with the interior Heater on would the car even Preheat 😏

[@davestechstories8832]

Good catch. It’s all about warming the batteries. And warming the car would have helped for sure.

[@davestechstories8832]

But then…I guess he was simply trying yo make a point.