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Nice. Looking forward to trying it with the new Hakka R2's!
I love the handles popping out even though they are covered in ice!
1. Is is typically to charge for 2+ hours and still have limited regen? Weather's been -20C overnight but the car's in an unheated garage so no wind.
2. Did you set regen braking to low? I already had a moment where regen kicked in on slippery conditions and I briefly lost control
Yes. At those temperatures, neither preheating nor charging will eliminate regen limits. In fact neither will driving on a highway for two hours. You'll certainly have some regen, but not full power.
On this... I'm assuming there is no way to tell the car to preheat the battery pack using shore power yet, am I right?
There most certainly is. Plug the car in and use the Remote App to turn on the cabin heater.
At -20C and below this makes a huge difference to (a) cabin temperature, (b) initial driveability because you at least have 1/2 regen power, and (c) initial power consumption because it doesn't have to keep running the pack heater at full power (if at all). It just won't completely eliminate the regen limits.
There most certainly is. Plug the car in and use the Remote App to turn on the cabin heater.
I have yet to use Range mode, so I guess I'll leave the setting where it is unless I go long distance... thanks for the tip!
Also 10 minutes is nowhere near enough to preheat the pack in severe cold. I would recommend 30 minutes.
I found that the most impressive part as well. I think that one has been a nagging topic in various circles about the winter performance, that how are you going to get the handles if the car is frozen over and they are inside the car. Now I can point them to the last part of this video
Will definitely try longer pre-heats. But I'm talking temps only between 0 and 5 deg.C. I don't know what it will be like in -20 to -15 deg.C.
Suppose I was plugged in only at 115V @ 12A, would that be enough for the pack heater, or would I actually be partially draining battery power if I did a preheat?