The good:
I’m almost to my destination! Only 1.5 hours for 99 miles remain!
The bad:
So far my efficiency is 433 Wh/mi over 1,604 miles. Lots of high-speed driving in TX and AZ so this isn’t unexpected.
The Ugly:
I really think a valve or a blower fan might be stuck. My charging rate is severely throttling itself at this last supercharger. Something may be going bad with the battery cooling system? I feel my car shudder during charging as if an Inductive motor is trying to start but can’t (i’m positive it is not the AC compressor start/stop vibration or noise). I also hear the battery pack “poping” and “oil canning” way more than normal. I also hear a lot more clicking and knocking/tapping from the front of the car that wasn’t there before. The main cooling fan has not turned on once yet which usually roars to life by now.
I tried three different charging stalls. My battery is 51°C which is plenty hot for DC fast charging. The charge curve is strange. It attempts to ramp up, stuttering heavily along the way. It hits 100~ kW for just a second and then falls down and fluctuates between 38kW and 48kW…
Some random possibilities:
I “ate” a tumbleweed back in arizona, but it disintegrated into a million pieces. I just checked my radiator grill and I see that I must have hit a small bird without realizing it pretty recently (I see its remains along with some feathers) . I have been smelling my AC evaporator coils for the last ~24 hours (the reason is because I sprayed an AC evaporator coil cleaner on them which has the exact same smell).
I’ll inspect the radiator area some more… I can probably make it to my destination alright, but supercharging is slow from what I think is a HOT battery. No fan has kicked on, still.
Very interesting…
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