You don’t need to have it on, but it’s a cool feature to have. An ICE couldn’t really do this since the 12 volt battery would run down, leaving the car dead and in need of a jump in fairly short order since it couldn’t really safely start the engine and generate fumes to recharge the 12 Volt. Don’t like it, then turn it off. Seems like it would be a nice option to have for those who want it, though.
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I think I'm going to turn OFF cabin overheat protection
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You don’t need to have it on, but it’s a cool feature to have. An ICE couldn’t really do this since the 12 volt battery would run down, leaving the car dead and in need of a jump in fairly short order since it couldn’t really safely start the engine and generate fumes to recharge the 12 Volt. Don’t like it, then turn it off. Seems like it would be a nice option to have for those who want it, though.
I'd like to echo the suggestion of some others above, that it would be really nice to be able to set it to whatever temperature we like. If I'm just leaving the car for an hour and I'm in town where I don't care about range because I've got plenty of range, I'd like to have the car stay at perhaps 80° F. I loved the Taylor mesh top on the Roadster because there was some measure of security but it was still completely open to air flow and was never hot when I got back in it.
What the heck.. service center is adamant that nothing can be done but you situation is identical to mine...
Do you garage it at home? Ive been leaving it outside because my garage is so cluttered.
At the risk of seeming pedantic, kw/mile is a meaningless phrase. You probably mean 336 Wh/mile.
Could the efficiency of this be improved by very slightly cracking the windows open while the car is trying to cool the cabin? If the car had a sun roof, setting it in "vent mode" would really help let the warm air escape from the car...
SageBrush
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Use a sunshield facing the sun, and crack open the windows for ventilation.
Works great
Yesterday and today the temperature in the Boston area was in the mid to upper 90's. Very unusual so I decided to enable the feature when the inside temperature was 142 degrees and rising.
Selected to use the option without AC and once enabled the temperature ranged from 109 to 116 degrees which I thought was reasonable. Lost 1-2 miles of range per hour.
Selected to use the option without AC and once enabled the temperature ranged from 109 to 116 degrees which I thought was reasonable. Lost 1-2 miles of range per hour.
The car better be able to sustain temps above baking in the sun. Otherwise why is there extreme desert testing of cars. Every car has been able to survive in extreme heat and extreme cold. Tesla’s better be able to too. And not rely on AC to keep electronics from being fried.
There s really a nice feature that actually works with any car... it’s called leaving your car in the shade...
You should give that a shot... also less vampire drain.
You should give that a shot... also less vampire drain.
No, I've recently adjusted my algorithm to move from 15 min to 20 to 30 to 60 if it stays awake multiple pings. Plus the agreed 'standard' is 11 minutes without ping and it goes to sleep....
Where’s th computer located? Will it even be chilled by the AC?
Every new car now carries a computer. No one else relies on the AC to keep their computer alive.
SageBrush
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The computer is liquid cooled, and the liquid can be cooled by the AC unit if necessary.
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