I took a road trip up to NYC and on the way back I stopped by the SC by the Wawa in Woodbridge NJ, my favorite spot to go for SC even though it’s a bit off the I-95 and I have to pay a bit extra on toll.
Ambient temperature was about 93~95F yesterday (muggy too), and I kept the A/C around 70F inside the car the entire trip. Once I stopped at the Wawa/SC, I got out and plugged it in, the car started charging immediately and went to 145kW or so and told me I had 40 minutes or so of time to charge (I was down to less than 20% SoC). While leaving the car I can hear the front fan sucking air HARD, I put my hand near the front air dam and could feel the rush of air being sucked in by the car, so I assumed the car/batteries were very hot after a long trip. I went inside to do what I need to do and get a cold soda, and then my app alerted me that the charging stopped (overheat?). I stepped outside, the car was still sucking in air like its life depended on it but not charging, and after pulling out the plug and waiting a bit before re-plugging, the charging continued without issue.
The watt/mile on the way back was initially pretty terrible: ~300 watt/mile, I took it easy and drafted behind big rigs and cruised behind them around 65~70mph, the final number after 150 miles or so was about 260watt/mile.
Anyone else notice anything similar while supercharging or long road trips in hot weather? I had zero issues in the winter up and down the I-95.
Ambient temperature was about 93~95F yesterday (muggy too), and I kept the A/C around 70F inside the car the entire trip. Once I stopped at the Wawa/SC, I got out and plugged it in, the car started charging immediately and went to 145kW or so and told me I had 40 minutes or so of time to charge (I was down to less than 20% SoC). While leaving the car I can hear the front fan sucking air HARD, I put my hand near the front air dam and could feel the rush of air being sucked in by the car, so I assumed the car/batteries were very hot after a long trip. I went inside to do what I need to do and get a cold soda, and then my app alerted me that the charging stopped (overheat?). I stepped outside, the car was still sucking in air like its life depended on it but not charging, and after pulling out the plug and waiting a bit before re-plugging, the charging continued without issue.
The watt/mile on the way back was initially pretty terrible: ~300 watt/mile, I took it easy and drafted behind big rigs and cruised behind them around 65~70mph, the final number after 150 miles or so was about 260watt/mile.
Anyone else notice anything similar while supercharging or long road trips in hot weather? I had zero issues in the winter up and down the I-95.