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Winter Driving Tips

Winter Model 3

Your Tesla has several features designed specifically for cold temperatures. Acquire how y'all can enhance your cold conditions driving feel by following tips such as staying plugged in and preconditioning your battery earlier each trip.

Cold Weather condition Tips

It is normal to meet increased energy consumption during colder months. To maximize range and efficiency in the common cold, accept extra steps to proceed your battery warm and conserve energy.

Scheduled Deviation
To precondition your automobile around your schedule, gear up your next departure time using the 'Scheduled Departure' characteristic on your touchscreen. Tap the Climate Controls settings screen > plow on Preconditioning in settings > select 'Schedule' to set a daily fourth dimension when you want to be ready to drive.

You can conserve significant energy on the route by using Scheduled Departure while plugged in. Once your specified fourth dimension is set, your car prepares itself by determining the best time to beginning charging and preconditioning.

Precondition Using the Tesla App
Y'all can pre-heat your car past activating preconditioning or defrost in the Tesla app. This will relieve significant energy on the road to be plugged in while preconditioning.

Watch for the Snowflake Icon
A bluish snowflake icon may appear on your touchscreen if your car battery is likewise cold to access all of its stored free energy. When this icon is displayed y'all may too notice that battery power and regenerative braking are limited.

Once the battery is warmed, the snowflake will disappear. Charging, driving and preconditioning are all ways to warm your battery quicker.

Conserve Energy on the Road
In the winter time, reduce energy loss by driving conservatively and limiting energy use in the cabin. This helps with range and efficiency all yr-round, only even more then during colder months.

Charging Tips

Fast Accuse When Your Battery is Warm
When driving, heat is generated in the powertrain, which warms your car's battery. For quickest charging experience, consider plugging into a Supercharger closer to your destination, to give the battery a chance to heat upwardly. Withal, on occasions when this isn't convenient, precondition your car to start heating its battery earlier you lot get out.

Utilize Navigation in Your Car
Prepare your car for Supercharging past navigating to your destination, even if you know your route. When you enter a destination into your navigation in cold weather conditions and Supercharging is needed, your car will automatically begin to preheat your bombardment earlier arriving at a Supercharger to reduce charging time. Depending on the ambience temperature, and whether Preconditioning was used prior to divergence, pre-heating the battery may take 45 minutes, or more.

For long-distance trips, we recommend starting your fast charging sessions at lower states-of-charge, when the bombardment is warm.

Stay Plugged In
We recommend leaving your Tesla plugged in as much as possible when information technology's not in use. This uses the charging system, rather than your battery, to retain heat.

Snow and Ice Tips

When you lot're expecting icy conditions, these tips can assist you store and drive your Tesla safely.

Reposition Wipers and Mirrors
If y'all're expecting snowfall or ice buildup, place your wipers in service position and deactivate mirror auto-fold to help forbid icing.

Defrost Snow and Ice
In freezing conditions, utilise the Defrost characteristic in your Tesla app to melt snow and ice away from important surfaces.

Articulate Important Surfaces
Before starting your drive, double-cheque that important surfaces aren't frozen or covered up.

Winter Tires and Accessories

Wintertime Tires
If you frequently drive on snowy roads, install winter tires for enhanced performance, condom and control. Purchase winter bicycle and tire packages from the Tesla Shop or at a Tesla Service Center. Find boosted installation information in the 'Wintertime Tires' section of your owner'south transmission.

Windshield Washer Fluid
Refill with fresh washer fluid rated for cold temperatures. De-icing agents can evaporate over time, and so topping up with fresh fluid regularly tin aid proceed your wipers set up for snow and icy conditions.

Snow Chains
Snow bondage provide boosted traction when driving in snowy or icy weather condition. Bank check your local regulations to run into if tire bondage are recommended or required during winter months. If permitted in your area, you can purchase snow chains from the Tesla Shop or at a Tesla Service Center. For more information, see the 'Using Tire Chains' department of your owner's manual.

Paint Protection Film and Mud Flaps
During the wintertime flavor, road weather condition can worsen with boosted snow, salt and debris. Protect your vehicle's pigment with Paint Protection Film and Mud Flaps from the Tesla Shop.

Annotation: Model S Mud Flaps will be available to order by February 2022.

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