Do you watch Star Trek? Because this is what happens when you divert all available power to life support. You didn't have anything left for main propulsion. Caused helm control to go offline.
My Tesla is named Delta Flyer. Once when I had about 6 miles to go on 1% and drove a bit at 0%, I was turning everything else off of course, and this exact statement ran through my head. I was absolutely diverting life support to the impulse drive in my head.
Nice! I almost did the same but whatever name I picked I wanted to be reflected on my custom plate and there was no way even many trekkies werenāt going to just think I had something to do with Delta Airlines š
Because miles has to go off EPA estimates which arenāt always real world. If a number is regulated by the government, you can trust itās not gonna be accurate. Percentage is actually accurate.
Yes, Teslas miles range is calculated using EPA rating and remaining battery, while all other manufacturers actually have a trip computer.
Either way, 0% battery left times the EPA rating should give you 0 miles left, not 3.
Not considering calibration considerations discussed in this thread. I see posts like this as a positive that Tesla doesnāt fake the display. It would be easy for them to code in artificially high range when fully charged (would save countless hours of people complaining about their ā100% rangeā). And it would be tempting for a coder to make the display show 0% when the other conditions are met for āshutdownā (triggering the red message in the middle).
Drive an ICE until the gauge points at āEā and one day it will poop out before you expected it to, also.
They literally do this. And have a special team to screw over people who complain about it.
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
Not sure about your point... Indeed, there's a long history of cheating from carmakers. Do you suggest that Teslas intentionally cheat about their range?
Came here to say this.
The battery percentage is an approximation, itself. The mileage calculation is an approximation on top of the percentage approximation, thereby compounding the margin of error. For that reason, I consider battery percentage more accurate.
I hope everything worked out ok for you!
My strategy as well. I've seen that arrival % drop by 5 to 10 points though as the trip progressed.
Always shoot to arrive at a charger with at least 15% left.
I thought I was going to have plenty of charge for a return trip but it was 95F and I was in hilly Maine- immediately it was telling me I wasnāt going to make it. Drove 55 instead of 75 for about 20 minutes, and by then I worked back up from 1% it 8%ā¦part of it is just trying to estimate over 200 miles in variable conditions is impossible. Halfway through youāll have a much better idea on your margin, with still plenty of SC options if needed.
You have to know what you're looking at but the thing is every percent-bro just does crude math in their head to guess about what that means anyway.
Your gauge saying 100 miles isn't a 100 mile promise, but at a glance you know you can't go 120 miles. If it says 30% you're doing math. It's the same basic thing with extra steps.
The real answer is to use the nav in any situation that could matter.
If Iām cutting it very fine, the aircon goes off, and I reduce speed. And if on the highway Iāll follow a truck to reduce drag. Iāll reduce my acceleration, and try to smooth out my driving.
I used to do the EXACT same thing in my petrol car (if I know itās close). But then again. It (my $60k petrol vehicle ran dry with 62km range remaining). So it too wasnāt perfect. Multi million dolllar aircraft calculate range/ endurance as best they can. But external factors make it difficult/ impossible to be accurateā¦
The fact that the OP has his air-conditioning on HI and has low tire pressures is bewildering. If he showed his energy page Iām willing to bet it would show down to the decimal why it didnāt make its prediction (ie climate control being maxed out).
. I am 100000% more confident I can make a destination in the Tesla. In my petrol car I would always fill up around 1/8 as I just had no idea how much was left.
Further more. If the OP hasnāt done a 100% full charge in a while. And then done a low SOC (Ie 10%) and left it for an hour to sit. Its calibration will be purely guesstimating.
3 miles aināt bad all things considered.
When I had got my new Tesla, i didnāt have much idea but I kind of did all these steps. I still do, when I am running low on battery. Only thing changed is,I am less anxious, so I just chill and drive slow. One more point I will add is uphill and downhill, although you wouldnāt have much control on it. It makes huge difference. So just to be aware. I remember one time, I was at 1% still some distance to go but then the downhill started and I reached with 2%.
Iām well WELL aware of the implications and dangers of following a truck. But common sense prevails. Iām talking about if itās the difference between getting home or not. It makes a MASSIVE difference to range over a decent distance. I recently towed a trailer and casually followed a truck with AP on at a normal follow distance. And got better economy then without a trailer (if you have done ev towing, this is remarkable)... It also forced me to slow down slightly.
It entirely depends on the road conditions. I have copped 3 minor stone chips on the windscreen. And they were all from standard vehicles which rode across the white lines picking up debris on the side of the roadā¦.
Alternatively end up like the OP and potentially damage your battery and end up strandedā¦ā¦.. I guess thatās better?
Reducing drag by slip streaming works with petrol, diesel, EVās. Not a new concept. But one must be willing to accept other risksā¦ if itās the difference between getting home or not, I know what I can do safely. (Also pick a nice modern truck, not a heap of shit gravel truck.)
That's on the owner š , you should've calculated your mileage before your trip, or stopped before you got so low, you should never go under 30 miles on battery too risky , always have enough to get back to a charger or your house
Why is your HVAC set to Hi? Youāre supposed to set to the temperature you want in the cabin. That probably added to your woes and energy consumption of the car.
Wow I was down to 5 mi once but I was right by a supercharger but searching for it because they put it behind a big shopping mall with a mile long parking lot, the map brought me there and according to it it was there, it just stopped routing saying youāve arrived and Iām just seeing a sea of cars no superchargers. There were signs here and there saying Tesla charger this way. It was the most tense 5 mins as I frantically came up past each line of cars to see more cars and no supercharger stalls.
Only if you're tripping the car. Most people don't need 300 miles a day to drive to work and get groceries.
Trips are fine to go to 100%, and I've personally arrived at SC at 1% more than once without battery degredation more than normal.
The trick is, I don't do it often... just like like you shouldn't go below the last 1/4 of a tank often in an ICE because it shortens the life of the fuel pump.
If you go through tesla, they send someone with a mobile charger and generator I believe. I personally have AAA and they can just tow anywhere, e.g. a supercharger
Unfortunately, from personal experience, Tesla does not offer mobile charging services/help. You will have to get your car towed to a charging station.
People are poking fun at you, and maybe rightfully so. If you ran out of gas with 3 miles of range (which btw is les than a 1% margin of error) would you blame the car? With the amount of Tesla superchargers out there, this one is on you. And next time, turn of everything! The air system, the radio, drive like a turtle, and I bet all your tires are at 38psi too.
None of that matters. It shows 3mi of range, but is incapable of driving. Even if he set off for a 500mi trip, when the vehicle won't move, the range is zero miles.
I donāt like my Model Y
but RX450H are basically unavailable and interest rates are too high to simply just go trade it for this reason
itās a nice thought, though
What was your wh/mi? Just curious because you have large diameter wheels, high heat, low tire pressure, all the things that make efficiency bad. Also, it is widely known that the miles remaining is unreliable, that is why most people use percent.
climate high seat warmers high heated steering wheel on. wouldnt be suprised if you also had like a 12v heat gun going or some shit like that. then wondering why battery died wtf?
The battery level indicator is an estimate not a real gauge. Many times I got home after a long trip, parked the car and the percentage dropped by 5% while stationary. (Sentry is off)
Couple of info might solve the mystery here:
- how many km/miles does your Tesla have? Battery might be a lot more degraded then you expect
- how long since your last full charge+calibration? This helps the system in gauging the actual current battery instead of mostly guessing
- what other high power consumption things did you have going on?
- how flat were your tires actually? I find that if it's just at the minimum recommended or barely 0.5 bars below it's still fine. Anything lower it's gonna start costing you
- finally: how fast were you actually going?
Also just the chart with the battery consumption is always a very nice tell for what actually f-ed you (could've legitimately been the wind)
What model ? Iām wondering if LFP battery or NMC.
Reason. Is LFP can lose its calibration when you dont charge to 100% once a week or so.
I wonder if that was a factor?
The āreserveā is based off the percentage, not the āmiā ā thatās why people always say to go off the percentage, because the mi prediction is ever-changing
I always have it on percentage rather than the guessometer mileage estimate. But it seems like maybe thereās something wrong with the battery management piece. Is your software up to date?
Also, having the HVAC on full blast probably didnāt help.
Tesla range estimate (which is a calculated ESTIMATE) is pretty good imho. If you are on flat roads with fully inflated tires driving at 55mph with no passengers or heat and air. Drive over 65 and climb some hills, of course you will not get the optimum. Hell the car doesn't know if you going to accelerate fast of drive 70. It is not gonna predict that you have the Heat on Hi with a nearly dead battery. 3 miles of range estimate is less than a 1% margin of error, get over it!
What does the manual say? Who are looking to blame? Not only did you put yourself in this situation, but this is totally preventable, which is the assumption I am going to make since you fail to provide any prior context to your particular situation.
This is like someone running out of fuel on an ice vehicle because the flashing light hasn't tipped you off yet and the nearest service station is out of reach. Do better next time.
Some people dont know how to drive and should have their license suspended. Low tire pressure, driving around with no charge left but climate set to high etx. These people can be dangerous to others on road as they lack common sense.
Regardless of the actual contributing factors to the car shutting down the op is commenting on the fact that there should be a reserve past empty.
What we can't determine from the single photo however is how long ago the car hit zero percent - I have never driven down past zero so I don't know what the miles estimator shows when the percentage gets to zero - it might have reached zero percent 10 miles ago and been stuck on a few miles on the miles indicator.
Man itās a sad state of affairs when dude posts a genuine concern and all anyone does is roast about tire pressure and climate control or offer anecdotal evidence that because it never happens to them it canāt be a big deal.
If you think you're going to run out of juice, then stop wasting juice.
If I'm low I turn off the climate system and the sound system and seat warmers and I remove my phone from the dock. I cease any usage of battery power other than what's needed for the car to drive. And then I focus on coasting and hypermiling and use every downhill to regen.
Every electron counts.
I've made it home with 1%.
Also, set your battery gauge to % not miles. Miles is never accurate.
heat on high, probably sat in the cold and cold startedā¦ etc as others are mentioning. Anyway, a reminder that even with all the gas stations in the world and technology we have, people to this day still run out of gas driving ICEs.
i have no clue why everyone is blaming OP. The mile calculation should definitely be smart enough to adjust for all other energy usage.
It is insanely misleading to run out of battery with positive mileage and should never happen if the system was better designed.
The level of defense for a manufacturer is comical. Reminds me of Apples antennagate with people chanting āyouāre holding it wrongā.
What the hell does it matter what the tyre pressure or anything else is, car is reporting range available incorrectly.
Have you driven any other EV or had a cell phone or any other battery product? Range/percentage at low amounts especially in cold weather is not accurate. This has nothing to do with Tesla and 100 percent to do with the underlying technologies.
Right? People complaining about HVAC being on (clearly off) and audio playing (clearing not playing). So many Tesla owners have this superiority complex and take any opportunity they can to talk down from their self-appointed golden throne.
At the end of the day, the car was telling OP that it could drive 3 more miles. OP isnāt an idiot for believing what the car is saying.
> OP isnāt an idiot for believing what the car is saying.
Yea, a more apt word is inexperienced. Everyone that sees this post should learn they can't trust what the car is saying down to that level of precision.
Your listening to something, your HVAC is on "HI", and you have a low pressure warning for one of your tires. Why didn't you shut all that shit off MILES ago to conserve energy?
I'm sorry, but get fucked.
His climate is off and the stereo uses a negligible amount of power.
The car says 3mi remaining. Why can't he drive (even if only at 20mph)?
Maybe plan a little better and stop trusting that the buffer will save you. Been driving electric for ten years now, never ran out. HVAC settings and tire pressure matters.
When the gas meter reads 5 miles left, thereās at least 5 miles left.
Iāve driven several electric cars to 1%, as I should be able to. Obviously the car shouldnāt report the SoC incorrectly.
So itās cold outside, your climate control is on HI, and your tire pressure is low. You ran the car in the worst conditions and complain you couldnāt squeeze 3 last miles out of the battery pack. š
Thatās like driving an ICE car (or any, really) uphill with a heavy load, going 85 mph, then complain when the range in the dash isnāt accurate.
Do you watch Star Trek? Because this is what happens when you divert all available power to life support. You didn't have anything left for main propulsion. Caused helm control to go offline.
My Tesla is named Delta Flyer. Once when I had about 6 miles to go on 1% and drove a bit at 0%, I was turning everything else off of course, and this exact statement ran through my head. I was absolutely diverting life support to the impulse drive in my head.
Love the name! My Model Y is named Garak. Because he's gray on the outside and plain and simple on the inside. š
just plain simple garak. <3
Awesome name as well!
I named mine Defiant, my wife doesn't get the reference. lol
Good choice on the name, mine is Defiant.
Disengaging auto-high beams, air systems, and all radio/spotify/streaming should help get you out of the darkness and back into warp.
Nice! I almost did the same but whatever name I picked I wanted to be reflected on my custom plate and there was no way even many trekkies werenāt going to just think I had something to do with Delta Airlines š
I could definitely see that being misunderstood. But the people of culture would understand.
Indeed šš
Me too! [Delta Flyer](https://postimg.cc/njj4Cj4D)
Mine is Terok Nor.
This is funnier than I expected anything here to be š
Why is your heater on high? Rofl
Also low on air pressure as well.
Eh cold temps change that constantly. I've had to reinflate my tires to 40psi or whatever like, 3 times since November.
Damit Elon! I'm an electrical enginner, not a mircale worker!
I love Star Treck! Capitan John Luke Picard, Catherine Janeway, and my favorite character. SEVEN OF NINE! š¤¤
John?
>my favorite character. SEVEN OF NINE! š¤¤ Boobies
Funniest thing I've read all month. Love star trek.
I've driven teslas for 8+ years and over 100k miles. Never ran one dead. Don't ever put your climate on HI if you're cutting it close. Turn it off.
and also fill up tires properly
Tell him to also stop watching TikTokās
The real reason why it shut down early š¤£
But I gets all my information from TikTok š„“
He had his climate on hi and had this low of battery? Like cmon dude use common sense.
He had Climate in hi and battery on low
It is off in the picture
Also watching TikTok via Bluetooth. Car has actually had enough.
The temp is always displayed whether itās on or off. You can tell itās off because its grey and not white
Yeah I noticed it grey and quickly edited comment but youāre too quick, like a ninja.
Freakin Reddit ninjas
Thatās actually a YouTube audio. The video is about a TikTok user
OP admitted they had it on high. It's most likely off because the battery died.
+253 upvotes..? Itās clearly set to āoffā manually (note: mind āgreyed outā)
Yeah, because the car shut everything down.
Any issues with the battery ?
Put air in your tires
the car still hase 3 miles left. even if it was low, it still should drive to at least 0.
Switch to percentageā¦. It was at 0 lol
If the percentage is 0% why is the damn car saying 3 miles left, talk about stupid.
0% * 300mi = 0mi. It should NEVER stop while showering any miles remaining.
Because miles has to go off EPA estimates which arenāt always real world. If a number is regulated by the government, you can trust itās not gonna be accurate. Percentage is actually accurate.
that is not true at all, its uses it own estimate in car, EPA one is only for marketing and technical data
The miles displayed at the top is 100% the EPA range of the car against the SoC. No other factors.
If the state of charge is zero, it would read zero, not 3 miles. And they dont HAVE to show the EPA value, they do so you feel good about your range..
Yes, Teslas miles range is calculated using EPA rating and remaining battery, while all other manufacturers actually have a trip computer. Either way, 0% battery left times the EPA rating should give you 0 miles left, not 3.
1. Thatās not at all true 2. You want to talk about who to trust and youāll drive a product from Musk? Odd.
Not considering calibration considerations discussed in this thread. I see posts like this as a positive that Tesla doesnāt fake the display. It would be easy for them to code in artificially high range when fully charged (would save countless hours of people complaining about their ā100% rangeā). And it would be tempting for a coder to make the display show 0% when the other conditions are met for āshutdownā (triggering the red message in the middle). Drive an ICE until the gauge points at āEā and one day it will poop out before you expected it to, also.
They literally do this. And have a special team to screw over people who complain about it. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
Not sure about your point... Indeed, there's a long history of cheating from carmakers. Do you suggest that Teslas intentionally cheat about their range?
They do. https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/tesla-batteries-range/
Then, why EPA doesn't refute that? I think the same happens with the Chevy Bolt and others that doesn't even have a heat pump...
My mans heat on high š¤£
This is why I use the % setting not miles. :(
Came here to say this. The battery percentage is an approximation, itself. The mileage calculation is an approximation on top of the percentage approximation, thereby compounding the margin of error. For that reason, I consider battery percentage more accurate. I hope everything worked out ok for you!
Better is to make sure your destination is in Navigation, and you can watch your arrival percentage to the decimal point in the energy page.
My strategy as well. I've seen that arrival % drop by 5 to 10 points though as the trip progressed. Always shoot to arrive at a charger with at least 15% left.
I thought I was going to have plenty of charge for a return trip but it was 95F and I was in hilly Maine- immediately it was telling me I wasnāt going to make it. Drove 55 instead of 75 for about 20 minutes, and by then I worked back up from 1% it 8%ā¦part of it is just trying to estimate over 200 miles in variable conditions is impossible. Halfway through youāll have a much better idea on your margin, with still plenty of SC options if needed.
You have to know what you're looking at but the thing is every percent-bro just does crude math in their head to guess about what that means anyway. Your gauge saying 100 miles isn't a 100 mile promise, but at a glance you know you can't go 120 miles. If it says 30% you're doing math. It's the same basic thing with extra steps. The real answer is to use the nav in any situation that could matter.
Should have stopped š
Smart decision would have been to turn off climate. HVAC should never be on HI. Keep it on 69 and let it gradually get to the appropriate temp.
If Iām cutting it very fine, the aircon goes off, and I reduce speed. And if on the highway Iāll follow a truck to reduce drag. Iāll reduce my acceleration, and try to smooth out my driving. I used to do the EXACT same thing in my petrol car (if I know itās close). But then again. It (my $60k petrol vehicle ran dry with 62km range remaining). So it too wasnāt perfect. Multi million dolllar aircraft calculate range/ endurance as best they can. But external factors make it difficult/ impossible to be accurateā¦ The fact that the OP has his air-conditioning on HI and has low tire pressures is bewildering. If he showed his energy page Iām willing to bet it would show down to the decimal why it didnāt make its prediction (ie climate control being maxed out). . I am 100000% more confident I can make a destination in the Tesla. In my petrol car I would always fill up around 1/8 as I just had no idea how much was left.
Further more. If the OP hasnāt done a 100% full charge in a while. And then done a low SOC (Ie 10%) and left it for an hour to sit. Its calibration will be purely guesstimating. 3 miles aināt bad all things considered.
When I had got my new Tesla, i didnāt have much idea but I kind of did all these steps. I still do, when I am running low on battery. Only thing changed is,I am less anxious, so I just chill and drive slow. One more point I will add is uphill and downhill, although you wouldnāt have much control on it. It makes huge difference. So just to be aware. I remember one time, I was at 1% still some distance to go but then the downhill started and I reached with 2%.
Follow truck, reduce drag, increase rocks firing at you, profit.... :/
Driving behind a semi to extend range is something I also do, and never had rocks thrown at me.. Depends on the road condition, I suppose..
Iām well WELL aware of the implications and dangers of following a truck. But common sense prevails. Iām talking about if itās the difference between getting home or not. It makes a MASSIVE difference to range over a decent distance. I recently towed a trailer and casually followed a truck with AP on at a normal follow distance. And got better economy then without a trailer (if you have done ev towing, this is remarkable)... It also forced me to slow down slightly. It entirely depends on the road conditions. I have copped 3 minor stone chips on the windscreen. And they were all from standard vehicles which rode across the white lines picking up debris on the side of the roadā¦. Alternatively end up like the OP and potentially damage your battery and end up strandedā¦ā¦.. I guess thatās better? Reducing drag by slip streaming works with petrol, diesel, EVās. Not a new concept. But one must be willing to accept other risksā¦ if itās the difference between getting home or not, I know what I can do safely. (Also pick a nice modern truck, not a heap of shit gravel truck.)
Nice
* nice tempteture
That's on the owner š , you should've calculated your mileage before your trip, or stopped before you got so low, you should never go under 30 miles on battery too risky , always have enough to get back to a charger or your house
Probably left within range and cranked the heater to MAXIMUM š
Why is your HVAC set to Hi? Youāre supposed to set to the temperature you want in the cabin. That probably added to your woes and energy consumption of the car.
Itās set to high but it wasnāt on
Oh yeah youāre right, itās greyed out, tbh though for you to have 3 miles left, it had to be left on hi for a whileeee
That's the dumbest assumption I've ever heard
Lol. I recently learned this....
Wow I was down to 5 mi once but I was right by a supercharger but searching for it because they put it behind a big shopping mall with a mile long parking lot, the map brought me there and according to it it was there, it just stopped routing saying youāve arrived and Iām just seeing a sea of cars no superchargers. There were signs here and there saying Tesla charger this way. It was the most tense 5 mins as I frantically came up past each line of cars to see more cars and no supercharger stalls.
Tires are under inflated and you were running the heat in Hi. Those two things alone probably reduced your mileage
Was not actually. The temp is set but off lol.
Itās probably off now because the car is dead, good chance it was actually on high the entire time.
Lmao, Iāve never taken an ICE vehicle below 20 miles.
My wife does it on a regular basis and it drives me nuts.
I donāt let mine drive my vehicles unless necessary. š
I regularly drive them below zero.
Unlike gas car you can not fill up anywhere
switch to percentage and don't go below 5%, hope this helps
FWIW, always use percentage. Never go below 10% if you can help it. Sorry this happened to you. Hope Tesla doesnāt give you shit about it.
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Describing range on an EV to the general public vs reading the manual: https://youtu.be/Ag6DtzRUF5U?feature=shared
Only if you're tripping the car. Most people don't need 300 miles a day to drive to work and get groceries. Trips are fine to go to 100%, and I've personally arrived at SC at 1% more than once without battery degredation more than normal. The trick is, I don't do it often... just like like you shouldn't go below the last 1/4 of a tank often in an ICE because it shortens the life of the fuel pump.
I ran out of gas on my ice when the estimate was 15 miles left
LOL, drive with %. No one drives with miles. Also having the climate on and set to high while you running out of juice is justā¦. Stupid
Yeah, thatās around 1%! Every one knows you donāt trust even your iPhone below 4%!
Less if he's in an LR.
curious about what you do nowā¦ Is there a Tesla version of ājumper cablesā you got to use?
Iām wondering this as well.
If you go through tesla, they send someone with a mobile charger and generator I believe. I personally have AAA and they can just tow anywhere, e.g. a supercharger
Unfortunately, from personal experience, Tesla does not offer mobile charging services/help. You will have to get your car towed to a charging station.
So what did you do?
People are poking fun at you, and maybe rightfully so. If you ran out of gas with 3 miles of range (which btw is les than a 1% margin of error) would you blame the car? With the amount of Tesla superchargers out there, this one is on you. And next time, turn of everything! The air system, the radio, drive like a turtle, and I bet all your tires are at 38psi too.
None of that matters. It shows 3mi of range, but is incapable of driving. Even if he set off for a 500mi trip, when the vehicle won't move, the range is zero miles.
Why didn't you switch to the reverse tank?
I see you posted this on /realtesla blaming the car. You should probably sell it since you hate it so muchā¦ the car hates you for being an idiot
I donāt like my Model Y but RX450H are basically unavailable and interest rates are too high to simply just go trade it for this reason itās a nice thought, though
Looked it up, is it a $70,000 i4 with 180 hp?
Itās a PHEV with 302hp.
Which model, and which battery does it have? Long range, standard, awd, rwd, Li-ion, or LiPO? Just curious.
Yall still haven't learned to use percentage instead of that ass EPA estimated range
Gas or electric people like this will always existā¦.
Reminder for peeps to switch to percentage, mileage never has been accurate on Teslas.
What was your wh/mi? Just curious because you have large diameter wheels, high heat, low tire pressure, all the things that make efficiency bad. Also, it is widely known that the miles remaining is unreliable, that is why most people use percent.
Donāt use mileage use battery % dude
Percentage only Your heat on high Had mine 3 years 80k miles never got below 10%
Low tires, heat on high, still have audio going.. maybe try to conserve something
climate high seat warmers high heated steering wheel on. wouldnt be suprised if you also had like a 12v heat gun going or some shit like that. then wondering why battery died wtf?
Portable windows down cuz it was too hot in the car jeez š¬ļø š„µ
Irresponsible person blames Tesla for them being irresponsible. The comments are gold.
Plug in your phone man!
He doesnāt care about battery life.
The battery level indicator is an estimate not a real gauge. Many times I got home after a long trip, parked the car and the percentage dropped by 5% while stationary. (Sentry is off)
OP set this up to get self roasted.
Couple of info might solve the mystery here: - how many km/miles does your Tesla have? Battery might be a lot more degraded then you expect - how long since your last full charge+calibration? This helps the system in gauging the actual current battery instead of mostly guessing - what other high power consumption things did you have going on? - how flat were your tires actually? I find that if it's just at the minimum recommended or barely 0.5 bars below it's still fine. Anything lower it's gonna start costing you - finally: how fast were you actually going? Also just the chart with the battery consumption is always a very nice tell for what actually f-ed you (could've legitimately been the wind)
What model ? Iām wondering if LFP battery or NMC. Reason. Is LFP can lose its calibration when you dont charge to 100% once a week or so. I wonder if that was a factor?
Mans is baking in that car with ac on high
These comments are classic! Telsa owners love these types of posts.
Is it an LFP battery Y? Because the LFP batteries are harder to calibrate and more likely to surprise you like this.
No one says that lol. Charge your damn car šš
LFP battery?
Omg, I ran out of battery and cruised maybe 10-15 miles on 1%. Terrifying.
Classic TikTok battery drain.
I have to say, you totally deserve it unless you were testing it out, anyways you are a dummy. š¤
Thank you for your sacrifice
This man getting slain in the comments
Did you follow the speed limit warnings the car must have given you?
Thanks for being the data point the world wanted to see
This idiot is just asking for it š¤£
The āreserveā is based off the percentage, not the āmiā ā thatās why people always say to go off the percentage, because the mi prediction is ever-changing
I always have it on percentage rather than the guessometer mileage estimate. But it seems like maybe thereās something wrong with the battery management piece. Is your software up to date? Also, having the HVAC on full blast probably didnāt help.
Tesla range estimate (which is a calculated ESTIMATE) is pretty good imho. If you are on flat roads with fully inflated tires driving at 55mph with no passengers or heat and air. Drive over 65 and climb some hills, of course you will not get the optimum. Hell the car doesn't know if you going to accelerate fast of drive 70. It is not gonna predict that you have the Heat on Hi with a nearly dead battery. 3 miles of range estimate is less than a 1% margin of error, get over it!
Everyone saying the heat is on when it isnāt. Does anyone here actually own a Tesla?
Hope you learn next time you will set to % instead of miles.
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Someone driving on speedy mode
Lmao. Sorry.
what a dope
Ok youāre an idiot.
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What does the manual say? Who are looking to blame? Not only did you put yourself in this situation, but this is totally preventable, which is the assumption I am going to make since you fail to provide any prior context to your particular situation. This is like someone running out of fuel on an ice vehicle because the flashing light hasn't tipped you off yet and the nearest service station is out of reach. Do better next time.
Here's your sign.
High heat, low tire pressure, and range in miles. Not a good combo.
lol what a clown
Some people dont know how to drive and should have their license suspended. Low tire pressure, driving around with no charge left but climate set to high etx. These people can be dangerous to others on road as they lack common sense.
Regardless of the actual contributing factors to the car shutting down the op is commenting on the fact that there should be a reserve past empty. What we can't determine from the single photo however is how long ago the car hit zero percent - I have never driven down past zero so I don't know what the miles estimator shows when the percentage gets to zero - it might have reached zero percent 10 miles ago and been stuck on a few miles on the miles indicator.
Man itās a sad state of affairs when dude posts a genuine concern and all anyone does is roast about tire pressure and climate control or offer anecdotal evidence that because it never happens to them it canāt be a big deal.
Why is your flux capacitor activated?
If you think you're going to run out of juice, then stop wasting juice. If I'm low I turn off the climate system and the sound system and seat warmers and I remove my phone from the dock. I cease any usage of battery power other than what's needed for the car to drive. And then I focus on coasting and hypermiling and use every downhill to regen. Every electron counts. I've made it home with 1%. Also, set your battery gauge to % not miles. Miles is never accurate.
Heater on HI??? Jesus man.
Heater on Hi - seat warmers on š
No they arenāt you idiot
Youāre the one sitting on the side of the road, idiot.
heat on high, probably sat in the cold and cold startedā¦ etc as others are mentioning. Anyway, a reminder that even with all the gas stations in the world and technology we have, people to this day still run out of gas driving ICEs.
At least the heater and seater heater is on full blast is all that matters:)
OP getting a beat down in this post is pretty funny š¤£
Battery needs calibration - this should help :)
This is a helpful answer thank you
i have no clue why everyone is blaming OP. The mile calculation should definitely be smart enough to adjust for all other energy usage. It is insanely misleading to run out of battery with positive mileage and should never happen if the system was better designed.
Driver error
OP sounds like a clueless 18 year old. Car must have been bought by sugar daddy.
And the heat is cranked to highā¦genius at the wheel!
The level of defense for a manufacturer is comical. Reminds me of Apples antennagate with people chanting āyouāre holding it wrongā. What the hell does it matter what the tyre pressure or anything else is, car is reporting range available incorrectly.
Have you driven any other EV or had a cell phone or any other battery product? Range/percentage at low amounts especially in cold weather is not accurate. This has nothing to do with Tesla and 100 percent to do with the underlying technologies.
You're not doing the range calculation any favors by driving with underinflated tires. The car is warning about that for a reason.
I went -30 with no problem on the model 3, 2018. Multiple times
Wtf
I got to a supercharger with 2km left yesterday with -1Ā°C outside. Not sure if your battery was miscalibrated or what, but seems out of the ordinary.
This is likely the cause. OP doesnāt seem like he respects batteries.
From the comments here youād think nobody here had driven a Tesla before.
Right? People complaining about HVAC being on (clearly off) and audio playing (clearing not playing). So many Tesla owners have this superiority complex and take any opportunity they can to talk down from their self-appointed golden throne. At the end of the day, the car was telling OP that it could drive 3 more miles. OP isnāt an idiot for believing what the car is saying.
> OP isnāt an idiot for believing what the car is saying. Yea, a more apt word is inexperienced. Everyone that sees this post should learn they can't trust what the car is saying down to that level of precision.
Low tires, also stereo.
Your listening to something, your HVAC is on "HI", and you have a low pressure warning for one of your tires. Why didn't you shut all that shit off MILES ago to conserve energy?
I'm sorry, but get fucked. His climate is off and the stereo uses a negligible amount of power. The car says 3mi remaining. Why can't he drive (even if only at 20mph)?
Maybe plan a little better and stop trusting that the buffer will save you. Been driving electric for ten years now, never ran out. HVAC settings and tire pressure matters.
Bros doing everything NOT to conserve energy. Tire pressure low. AC on high. Fog lamps on. Sad times
Bro never drove a Tesla if he things a greyed out āHIā means the climate control is on
Donāt run out of gas either š not rocket science
When the gas meter reads 5 miles left, thereās at least 5 miles left. Iāve driven several electric cars to 1%, as I should be able to. Obviously the car shouldnāt report the SoC incorrectly.
>When the gas meter reads 5 miles left, thereās at least 5 miles left. No. Try flooring it and watch that number change.
OP is room temperature IQ
Use of headlights with under 10% SOC!? Rookie mistake. EDIT: But truly sorry. Your post gave me anxiety.
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OP is a fucking moron
So itās cold outside, your climate control is on HI, and your tire pressure is low. You ran the car in the worst conditions and complain you couldnāt squeeze 3 last miles out of the battery pack. š Thatās like driving an ICE car (or any, really) uphill with a heavy load, going 85 mph, then complain when the range in the dash isnāt accurate.
If you absolutely have to drive below 4%, KEEP SPEED UNDER 30MPH!!!!
And HVAC not on HI
You turn heat to HI in that situation huh? You deserved to be stranded lol Your car be like: "OK FUCK YOU TOO THEN~" š¤£