WINTER weather can radically slash electric car range as batteries fail to heat up in the cold.
And if you've got a regular commute, waking up to find your car may struggle to make it can be stressful.
Range will be hurt even more by having to turn up the heating on your commute.
But Tesla has the answer - heating up your battery via the app before you set off while it's still plugged in.
A warm battery will have a much better chance of returning the full range on offer.
The electric car pioneers recently started showing how the cold is affecting your range.
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And now with an update supplied by wifi, it'll fix it with a battery pre-heating feature on the app.
Tesla previously offered a cabin heating option and many other electric cars have this system, too.
And while Nissan offered the battery pre-heating function on its old Leaf with the "Cold Weather Package", there's no option to spec this on the new model.
Petrol and diesels aren't immune to cold weather hurting efficiency it's just you've normally got more in reserve than the smaller ranges of electric vehicles.
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Limit the use of heaters on the move and favour heated seats and steering wheels over the fan heaters.
Make sure your tyres are pumped up to correct pressures, drive in "Eco" mode and strip out any unnecessary weight from the car.
And, if you can, park the car in the garage. This'll stop temperatures dropping too much and will give the battery less work to do to warm up.
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