Missile Toad
MSLR Wht/Blk/19 | OD 6/10/21 | RN11512
I drove my S70D to 0%, and it shut down as I did full regeneration on the off-ramp (approximately 50 MPH).
What I did to recover:
What I should have done to recover:
What I did to recover:
- I coasted, from 50 to 25 MPH, and given the late hour, and rural cross-street, I coasted through the red light, while driving an unpowered car. Regen killed the car.
- I continued to coast, in the direction of the SuC (I'd used 2-3 times before) and came to a stop ~ 200 yards away, on the road;
- Turned on hazard lights;
- Wasted 10-15 minutes calling Tesla Roadside Assistance;
- Attempted to 'self-push, by putting the car into 'Tow mode' and leaning on the door frame (threshold) and the steering wheel;
- Received unsolicited assistance from a passerby, who pushed for 50 yards;
- I switched and pushed, leaving to her, the steering of the car;
- Received, by the grace of God, help from a police officer -- he lent a hand pushing for the remaining 150 yards
- Plugged in, and car charged, as normal -- elapsed time from shutdown to plugging in 15-20 minutes
What I should have done to recover:
- Flipped car into "Low Regen" in the final 5 miles. At battery = 0 miles, the car acts like an anorexic being offered desert, as far as regeneration goes.
- Not stalled/shut-down on the ramp, and engages in coast/regen 1 mile from the ramp;
- Hit the ramp at 45 MPH instead of 55;
- Used friction brake to arrive to red light with 0 miles in the battery
- Accelerated from the stop-light like I had an egg between my foot and the accelerator. I only had about 500 yards to reach the charger at this point -- so keeping speed to 25 MPH would be easy.
- Continue driving to the charger -- maximum elevation gain would be around 5 feet (a ramp to another floor of a garage would have greatly increased my risk of shutting down).