In frigid temperatures, it can take a half hour to warm the battery so it's ready to charge, Westlake said. Bansal, who has had her Tesla for only a week, didn't know about preconditioning the car before charging, but she does now. So she told the car she was going to the charging station and it was ready by the time she arrived and plugged in. The car, she said, will tell you where charging stations are and how much range you have left. Burney said she loses roughly 15% to 20% of her battery range in cold weather, but it gets dramatically worse in cold snaps like the one this week.

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Persons: EVs, ”, Neil Dasgupta, “, Ann Arbor, Bansal's Tesla, Bansal, Bruce Westlake, Westlake, Tesla, Kim Burney's Tesla, Burney, Dasgupta Organizations: University of Michigan, University, Michigan, Bruce, Eastern Michigan Electric Vehicle Association Locations: PITTSFIELD, Mich, Chicago, Texas, Brook , Illinois, Ann Arbor , Michigan, Pittsfield Township , Michigan, Ann, Ann Arbor, Westlake