Ragman
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First night on the road with our 24 Flash - I generally do highway runs with our 23 Lariat but wife has that and the usual 2nd choice XLT is at dealer for recall - so getting my first real impression of Heat Pump vs Resistive in negative temperatures.
Pros: it works, no noticeable difference in the cabin heat wise or noise/vibration.
Cons: No noticeable difference in range, granted small sample size it took me 54% of the battery to do ~90 miles coming warm out of a shop. Thats no better then other trucks.
Stealth Truck no more: I had to do some in/out of the truck doing yard checks and I can best sum it up as I won't be sneaking up on anything anymore. Sounds exactly like our ICE F150 when the electric fans kick on except they aren't turning off.
I assume this is a combination of keeping battery warm as well as cabin - however it was eye (ear?) opening and moderately concerning from a future wear perspective.
An interesting observation, I plugged into Level 2 with truck still on - fans immediately turn off - unplug - fans turn on - plug fans turn off. I'm not sure what this means for my 30 minute Tesla stops when its -30... If there is still cabin heat while charging.
Anyone know if the resistive heater is still actually in the trucks and kicks in when on land power? We have -30 on the forecast for Sunday/Monday looks like I'll get to test it out.
Pros: it works, no noticeable difference in the cabin heat wise or noise/vibration.
Cons: No noticeable difference in range, granted small sample size it took me 54% of the battery to do ~90 miles coming warm out of a shop. Thats no better then other trucks.
Stealth Truck no more: I had to do some in/out of the truck doing yard checks and I can best sum it up as I won't be sneaking up on anything anymore. Sounds exactly like our ICE F150 when the electric fans kick on except they aren't turning off.
I assume this is a combination of keeping battery warm as well as cabin - however it was eye (ear?) opening and moderately concerning from a future wear perspective.
An interesting observation, I plugged into Level 2 with truck still on - fans immediately turn off - unplug - fans turn on - plug fans turn off. I'm not sure what this means for my 30 minute Tesla stops when its -30... If there is still cabin heat while charging.
Anyone know if the resistive heater is still actually in the trucks and kicks in when on land power? We have -30 on the forecast for Sunday/Monday looks like I'll get to test it out.
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