[NLPlatypus]

Teslas heat themselves on the way to superchargers

[toomuchtodo]

Latest software update going out goes so far as to only consume enough energy to generate sufficient heat for the max charge current expected at the fast dc charger the vehicle is navigating to.

https://www.notateslaapp.com/software-updates/version/2022.4...

[thruhiker]

Battery preconditioning for DC fast charging is available on some CCS cars as well and is getting more common. Sometimes it's manually trigger-able and sometimes it's integrated into navigation.

[dsq]

Oh, so its a known thing already. In that case, the article isn't telling us anything new.

[yellowapple]

The novel thing seems to be the nickel sheet used for heating; the quicker you can heat up the battery, the quicker you can maximize the charge rate, while the quicker you can cool it back down again, the less damage you do to the battery.

[dsq]

Thanks for that explanation.