"Snowflake" icon seen Model-3 dashboard & phone app.

[SeanM]

Hello Fellow Model-3 owners,

In past few days it's been cold in Virginia. I have been seeing (off n' on) a 'snowflake' icon besides the the battery (miles remaining) life information on the dashboard & the app in my cellphone. Please review the attached two photos of what I mean. These two photos were take on two different days.

Any idea why this is seen (other than the obvious reason that its cold outside), is there anything wrong with the battery or anything else? Thanks.

 

[brobinson]

It's cold outside

 

[jsmay311]

tesla snowflake - Google Search

TL;DR: Your battery is cold. Available energy is slightly reduced until it warms up.

 

[ngogas]

@brobinson lol.

 

[Lloyd]

It's cold outside

Rapist !!

 

[BluestarE3]

It's because your car is in "CHILL" mode!

 

[Joelgjr]

LMGTFY


The snowflake means that the battery is very cold and power and capacity will be limited.

First stage of cold: Limited or no regen available
Second Stage of cold: Available power is slightly reduced
Third stage of cold: The snowflake appears and power is seriously limited and no regen available

It hit -22 here yesterday and after the car sat in that all day, I’ve never driven a Tesla that gutless. I had zero regen and only about 50kW of drive power. I could barely get up to highway speed ...

 

[groovidad]

It appears that folks living in the colder climes will have some difficulties. Tesla will have to come up with a heating system to overcome the degradation of the batteries. Sorry to hear of the troubles!

 

[JeffK]

Tesla will have to come up with a heating system to overcome the degradation of the batteries.

They have a system in place for getting heat to the battery. The icon is just to notify the driver of the current state of the battery.

 

[mswlogo]

Note also the blue part of the battery is showing how much the battery is impacted. It should return to normal after a little bit of driving. It shouldn’t take long in Virginia.

 

[groovidad]

Ahhh, I did not know that as my M3, that has been pushed back in delivery 3 times since ordering, won't arrive till 30 Dec. Good to know, though I'm thinking I'll never encounter the issue.

 

[TexasEV]

Hello Fellow Model-3 owners,

In past few days it's been cold in Virginia. I have been seeing (off n' on) a 'snowflake' icon besides the the battery (miles remaining) life information on the dashboard & the app in my cellphone. Please review the attached two photos of what I mean. These two photos were take on two different days.

Any idea why this is seen (other than the obvious reason that its cold outside), is there anything wrong with the battery or anything else? Thanks.

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Have you considered reading the owners manual?

 

[whatthe2]

It appears that folks living in the colder climes will have some difficulties. Tesla will have to come up with a heating system to overcome the degradation of the batteries. Sorry to hear of the troubles!

No difficulties or problems here. It’s just there until the battery warms up, doesn’t affect anything long term.

 

[Skione65]

Have you considered reading the owners manual?

This....my experience on this forum is no.....most haven’t.

Ski

 

[robski]

The manual says it only shows up for millennials.

 

[groovidad]

@robski LOL!

 

[robski]

In all seriousness, it's page 44 in the manual

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Note: In cold weather, some of the stored
energy in the Battery may not be available
until the Battery warms up. When this
happens, a portion of the Battery meter is
blue and the driving distance value has a
snowflake image next to it. If Model 3 is
plugged in, you can heat your Battery
using wall power by turning on climate
control using the mobile app. When the
Battery warms up, the blue portion on the
meter and the snowflake image are no
longer displayed.

 

[run-the-joules]

I sometimes get the dots on the left side of the consumption meter even when it's not cold (60s), but without the snowflake or a warning about limited regen. Happens irrespective of battery level (my car hasn't been above 80% since summer). Can't make sense of that one but haven't quite been annoyed enough to ping Tesla about it.

 

[SeanM]

No difficulties or problems here. It’s just there until the battery warms up, doesn’t affect anything long term.

Glad to know that it's not going to affect the battery on a long term basis, thanks.

 

[SeanM]

In all seriousness, it's page 44 in the manual

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Note: In cold weather, some of the stored
energy in the Battery may not be available
until the Battery warms up. When this
happens, a portion of the Battery meter is
blue and the driving distance value has a
snowflake image next to it. If Model 3 is
plugged in, you can heat your Battery
using wall power by turning on climate
control using the mobile app. When the
Battery warms up, the blue portion on the
meter and the snowflake image are no
longer displayed.

Have read the manual, but it's better to get actual experiences from M-3 users.