Model 3 Preconditioning

[pazdan]

Does anyone know if pre-heating the cabin via the app also preconditions/heats the battery?

Going to max charge my battery and head on a road trip in a few weeks so I was wonderin how to maximize my range/battery performance (in cold weather).

 

[pazdan]

...or if you leave it plugged in, does it just always keep the battery warm and ready to operate?

 

[Shoal007]

Neither of those do. Heating the cabin uses about 6-8kwh full blast. Depending on the battery temp, it may take 30-60 min to get it there if at all.

 

[kodek]

Heating the cabin uses about 6-8kwh full blast.

Should that be 6-8 kW? Also, those figures seem interesting. How'd you come up with them?

 

[Shoal007]

The cabin heater has been posted somewhere.you are correct kW.