Tesla has been vague on how its vehicles estimate driving range, but a recent social media post provides a bit of clarity.
A recent post from the automaker’s official account on X, the social media site owned by Tesla CEO Elon Musk that was previously known as Twitter, lists a number of factors that Tesla’s navigation system takes into account when estimating whether enough range is available to reach a given destination.
The list includes environmental factors like wind speed and direction, ambient temperature, and humidity and pressure. Cold weather affects each EV model differently, studies have found, but the heat pumps installed on newer Tesla models definitely help.
Your car does the math for you.
When calculating a route & battery % on arrival, Tesla navigation takes into account:
– Wind speed & direction
– Elevation/grade
– Traffic speed
– Avg acceleration/deceleration
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