Hi, I know many parts of the US has been going through a heat wave this past few weeks. I live in the epicenter of the heatwave, here in Phoenix, AZ.
I had my 23 Model Y long range awd for about 4 months now. Initially I was getting pretty good efficiency in the spring in my Y, about 260-300whrs/mi depending on if I'm driving city streets vs highway.
However, this past month since Phx has gotten into the 110+ highs, I've noticed my efficiency plunging on my normal 55mi commute to 390-460whrs/mi. My same 55mi commute that previously used 20-25% battery per day is all of a sudden spiking to using 40-45% battery per day.
I've been tracking my energy usage this past week more carefully using the energy app and I'm surprised to see the car is reporting it's frequently using more of the battery for climate vs driving.
See my 2 photos of two prior trips, one that was a normal commute leaving at 6:45am to work and coming back at 4:30pm so driving half during coolest part of day (morning) and return home 27mi driving at hottest time of day.
The energy app reported out of the total 36% battery used during my 55mi of driving, 14.3% to driving and 18.3% to climate, which seems like really high climate energy usage, even during a hot summer day.
My 2nd trip was driving in the evening, from 3pm-midnight, about 1/3 mileage during the hot afternoon, and 2/3 mileage late evening after the sun has set and the temps have dropped from 115 to 102-105ish. The energy app still reported my Y consumed more energy (15%) on climate than driving (13.4%) during that 52.9mi I drove that day.
My climate is set to med fan speed, 70 auto, recirculate mode. The energy app says setting my climate to 72 would have only saved 0.4% which is a tiny fraction of the total 15-18.3% battery used by climate during the short 53-55mi trips.
My Y is a white color, so one of the cooler colors, I have ceramic window tint, I use a windshield sun blocker while parked, and most of the time am early enough to work to snag a covered parking spot for the workday. And the Y is garaged while at my house. So the battery/interior doesn't heat soak as bad as if it was parked directly under the blazing hot phx sun.
I know this is unusually high climate usage because my household also have a 21 Model S Plaid. And the past week, driving the S Plaid around for 50mi in the same hot 105-115 Phx temps, the energy app on the Plaid is reporting the climate is only consuming 3.5% battery vs 14.1% for driving, which seems like a more normal climate energy usage. And the Plaid is a hotter dark blue color and is usually set to a colder 68-69 interior temp to boot.
I've scheduled an Tesla service appointment for next Friday for them to check out my energy hog climate and to fix a interior mirror mounting rattle. I'll report the Tesla service findings then.
I suspect I have a defective climate component causing this abnormally high climate energy usage. It might be related to a delivery defect where my new Y was delivered with the interior climate sensor board missing, leaving a gaping hole under the main display and a displayed climate error. Service fixed the missing sensor board and climate error with an service visit a week after my delivery.
Any other Y owners experience sky high climate usage while driving their Ys in this recent heat wave?
I had my 23 Model Y long range awd for about 4 months now. Initially I was getting pretty good efficiency in the spring in my Y, about 260-300whrs/mi depending on if I'm driving city streets vs highway.
However, this past month since Phx has gotten into the 110+ highs, I've noticed my efficiency plunging on my normal 55mi commute to 390-460whrs/mi. My same 55mi commute that previously used 20-25% battery per day is all of a sudden spiking to using 40-45% battery per day.
I've been tracking my energy usage this past week more carefully using the energy app and I'm surprised to see the car is reporting it's frequently using more of the battery for climate vs driving.
See my 2 photos of two prior trips, one that was a normal commute leaving at 6:45am to work and coming back at 4:30pm so driving half during coolest part of day (morning) and return home 27mi driving at hottest time of day.
The energy app reported out of the total 36% battery used during my 55mi of driving, 14.3% to driving and 18.3% to climate, which seems like really high climate energy usage, even during a hot summer day.
My 2nd trip was driving in the evening, from 3pm-midnight, about 1/3 mileage during the hot afternoon, and 2/3 mileage late evening after the sun has set and the temps have dropped from 115 to 102-105ish. The energy app still reported my Y consumed more energy (15%) on climate than driving (13.4%) during that 52.9mi I drove that day.
My climate is set to med fan speed, 70 auto, recirculate mode. The energy app says setting my climate to 72 would have only saved 0.4% which is a tiny fraction of the total 15-18.3% battery used by climate during the short 53-55mi trips.
My Y is a white color, so one of the cooler colors, I have ceramic window tint, I use a windshield sun blocker while parked, and most of the time am early enough to work to snag a covered parking spot for the workday. And the Y is garaged while at my house. So the battery/interior doesn't heat soak as bad as if it was parked directly under the blazing hot phx sun.
I know this is unusually high climate usage because my household also have a 21 Model S Plaid. And the past week, driving the S Plaid around for 50mi in the same hot 105-115 Phx temps, the energy app on the Plaid is reporting the climate is only consuming 3.5% battery vs 14.1% for driving, which seems like a more normal climate energy usage. And the Plaid is a hotter dark blue color and is usually set to a colder 68-69 interior temp to boot.
I've scheduled an Tesla service appointment for next Friday for them to check out my energy hog climate and to fix a interior mirror mounting rattle. I'll report the Tesla service findings then.
I suspect I have a defective climate component causing this abnormally high climate energy usage. It might be related to a delivery defect where my new Y was delivered with the interior climate sensor board missing, leaving a gaping hole under the main display and a displayed climate error. Service fixed the missing sensor board and climate error with an service visit a week after my delivery.
Any other Y owners experience sky high climate usage while driving their Ys in this recent heat wave?