SubZero Drive Shows Tesla Model Y Cold Efficiency

[@yeahbuddy92193911]

A few days ago I drove 65 miles in '20F with a load of laminate flooring weighing 600 pounds, and only used 31% of my battery, I was shocked how good the range was considering the heavy load.

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

Awesome! And I hope the flooring project went well ;)

[@pjguibord]

I've been riding the fence on a Model Y, living in Denver, the snow and temp has been a real concern. I am so grateful for you sharing all these vids, really appreciate it! Well done!

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

Thank you. My thought going into the cold weather series was to hopefully answer some questions that I had starting out as well. I wanted to hear about real-world experiences. I'm glad it helped.

[@1gotnintendo]

Thanks for sharing this video, i live in Moscow, Russia, and we have same winter season for 6 months cold straight. And 3 of them with temps below -15 degrees celcius. So i was very curious about how to drive tesla in cold temps! Thanks!

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

Awesome. Thank you!

[@mattlago]

So in the absolute worst conditions I can drive anywhere in America for less than 50% of price of gas, in a 5 star safety rated American made car. Check!

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

That sums it up very well :)

[@brianriebedriveselectric]

Nice drive, thanks for taking us along!

[@babajinde]

A Toyota Corolla gets about 40 miles per gallon highway. For the sake of this experiment let's say 36 mpg. Gas at 3.19 a gal, fuel cost is about 22 USD. How is electric 50% the price?

[@TechMultiview100]

@@babajinde electric MPGE is over 110 so assuming a 40% loss in the winter thats about 66mpge equivalent and if you charge from home the cost of that fuel is typically 1/3 of the gasoline meaning essentially even in the winter you pay about 1/4 and if you use supercharging it's about 1/2 the cost. Now keep in mind a toyota corolla is tiny and not as spacious as a model Y. it also lacks a terrible amount in power whereas the Y makes 450+hp. No ICE car with this much storage and horsepower can run as cheap period.

[@jml9550]

It depends on how one uses the car. For long trip, you should factor is loss of time at charging stations. Well if you all the time in the world then it is ok. But for 200 miles trips or less, EVs. are great.

[@markcain5168]

Drive hard and Recharge.

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

If I had a bumper sticker, that would be a good one ;)

[@JohnD0129]

Only issue I was kinda worry about charge range. Leaving Dallas heading to Austin. Had us stop and charge in Italy Tx with 3%. Would have been a bad issue if we got caught in a traffic jam due to a wreck 😮 anyone experience that issue ?

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

Not me personally, but in over three years of owning it’s pretty rare that my charge gets below 5%. To hopefully ease your mind a bit: the car draws the most energy from the battery when moving at highway speeds. Stop and go is little, even with climate control on in cold weather. You can pull up the energy app to view current consumption to keep an eye on it. Also, the car will go 20-30 miles on 0% (not that I’d ever want to experience that, but good to know it is there).

[@depthcharge6215]

So if you didnt use fsd, you would of saved a bit as well.

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

It used a little, but only a few miles of range from what the energy app showed, the energy draw from the FSD system reflects under the 'everything else' category on the app, which was around 1-2% of total battery usage which translates to about 3-5 miles of range.

[@arthaschen4701]

Which model Y is this? 288 is a weird number. I wonder if this is already somehow adjusted based on temperature?

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

2020 MY Long Range. When I first bought it, range was 302 miles at 100%. It’ll be 3 years old in June.

[@TechMultiview100]

@@JohnVanDeVoort tbh that seems like a pretty significant amount of degradation. The car received a software update putting it at 330 miles and 318 with the 20 inch wheels. Thats almost a 13% decrease. How many miles do you have and whats your charging habits like?

[@starshipdriver8536]

@@TechMultiview100 It’s just a battery estimate. You have to get the charge down to under 10% and park for three hours and then charge to 100% for a more accurate estimate.

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

@Kris A The vehicle has 58,000 miles. I charge to 80% on my garage L2 charger for majority of charges. I reserve Supercharging /DC fast charging for travels when away from home, or if I need to top off quickly to launch on a longer trip. Viewing my Recurrent report summary from Jan 2023, I kept the car at average 64% state of charge and exceeded 90% charge two times. That is pretty typical for a month from historic vehicle data.

[@TechMultiview100]

@@JohnVanDeVoort thats a good charging habit. Have you tried teslas onboard battery health degradation test?

[@ddeboy002]

tremendously better than lightning or the etang. They suck.

[@JohnVanDeVoort]

I like the Model Y, but also want to see other manufacturers succeed in the EV space. Hoping to see better EV efficiencies out there as they gain experience in this market.