I was talking to a "petrolhead" friend of mine about the Mdel S, and one question he asked me that I couldn't answer was that in the instance that you do truly run to zero range, and past the "charge now" point to a completely dead battery (car is immobile), do the cabin controls still work for heating? And for how long? I made the point that they wouldn't work in an ICE either, with no fuel, as heating is bled off the engine, but he contended that you'd have at least reasonable heating for some time as coolant circulated through the still warm engine block (and the fan and coolant pump would run off the 12V system in most cars.) I don't know how long this would be on most cars - they are designed to lose heat quickly after all - maybe 15 minutes?
While it's not that relevant in the UK, it could be pretty important if you get stuck in the middle of nowhere and don't have heat and it's -10°C outside...
Anyone have any experience/data?
Thanks
While it's not that relevant in the UK, it could be pretty important if you get stuck in the middle of nowhere and don't have heat and it's -10°C outside...
Anyone have any experience/data?
Thanks