I added a heat pump, Mr Cool, to garage so now I park my MY in the garage. I parked my MY outside till I did. Was worried about thermal runaway. Here in Texas the car uses about four to five KWh cooling the batteries.
Car is much happier in garage with AC now. I might use 12 kWh per day cooling garage, but that is offset by what the car was using. Battery doesn’t seem to hit the cooling threshold while at work in the 110 F parking lot since I’ve started parking in garage. Some nights the car was cooling the battery while plugged in, outside. I could see it in Powerwall Dashboard.
What are you guys doing in hot climates???
Car is much happier in garage with AC now. I might use 12 kWh per day cooling garage, but that is offset by what the car was using. Battery doesn’t seem to hit the cooling threshold while at work in the 110 F parking lot since I’ve started parking in garage. Some nights the car was cooling the battery while plugged in, outside. I could see it in Powerwall Dashboard.
What are you guys doing in hot climates???
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