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100%) of your battery for a long-distance trip, you can increase the limit to the ‘Trip’ range (>90%) as necessary.

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If the image of the Battery displays ‘Daily’ and ‘Trip’: keep the full charge limit of the battery to under 90% for daily use by using the mobile app or vehicle’s touchscreen to set charge limit within the ‘Daily’ range. If your vehicle has been parked for longer than a week, Tesla recommends driving your vehicle as you normally would and charge to 100% at your earliest convenience. If the image of the battery displays ‘50%’ and ‘100%’: Tesla recommends that you keep your charge limit to 100%, even for daily use, and that you also regularly charge your vehicle to 100%. To adjust the charge limit for your vehicle, open the Charging screen on your touchscreen and then touch ‘Set Limit’ or open the Charging screen in your mobile app and drag the slider. Charge the battery to the appropriate charge limit for your vehicle based on the installed battery.Supercharging) when necessary, such as during long road trips. Avoid allowing the battery to get too low in charge.

Maintain a regular, everyday charging routine using a low-voltage charger (i.e.

Though some range effects aren’t completely avoidable in cold temperatures, there are some ways to mitigate them.

‘Sport’ provides the normal level of acceleration on Performance vehicles.

‘Standard’ provides the normal level of acceleration on non-Performance vehicles.

Note: When Chill is selected, Chill displays on the touchscreen above the driving speed.

‘Chill’ limits acceleration for a gentle ride and optimizing cabin heating in cold weather.

To adjust your acceleration mode, tap ‘Controls’ > ‘Pedals & Steering’ > ‘Acceleration’ from the vehicle touchscreen to adjust the amount of acceleration you experience when driving. ‘Chill’ is the most energy efficient mode, especially in cold weather. You can improve efficiency of the cabin heating by reducing your selected acceleration mode, allowing the heat pump to take more heat from the battery to efficiently heat the cabin instead of maintaining the battery’s ability to provide peak acceleration performance. To maximize heating efficiency, set the climate control, seat and steering wheel heating to “Auto.” If equipped, your Tesla vehicle uses a heat pump which provides heating capabilities to reduce range consumption and to heat up the cabin while driving. With Tesla, your vehicle generates heat for the cabin which consumes the energy from the battery. Internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles, however, use the wasted heat from engine inefficiencies to heat the cabin. Your Tesla vehicle has an electric powertrain that is highly efficient and, therefore, does not produce much heat.

Use of after-market equipment (wheels, tires, roof or trailer-hitch racks, etc.).

Head or side winds will increase air drag on the vehicle.

Inclement weather such as rain, snow and headwinds.

In extreme cold temperatures, Tesla vehicles will also use energy to heat the battery.

When the vehicle is hot or cold, the climate system will run at full power for a few minutes to get the cabin to desired temperature.

Tesla vehicles are efficient in stop and go traffic but in high or low temperatures, the climate system runs for a longer period of time without the vehicle moving.Stop-and-go driving in hot or cold weather.

By doubling your speed, you increase energy consumption by a factor of 4.

Energy from speed, or kinetic energy, is proportional to the square of the speed.

To maximize range, it’s important to watch your driving speed and keep regenerative braking in its ‘Standard’ setting, if selectable regenerative braking is equipped on your vehicle.Īs you drive, be mindful of common reasons your range may decrease more rapidly: Your driving behaviors and environment play a big role in achievable range.

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