Friday 6 December 2013

Tesla: Vampire Slayer

At least some some Tesla Model S' have had a problem with vampire current draw. I.e. processes in the vehicle consuming a significant amount of power when the vehicle is parked, with power, ostensively, "off". Draw was up to 4.5 kWh (7.5% of a 60 kWh battery, 13 miles, 21 kilometre) per day. A series of system software updates had apparently failed to cure the problem for some users.

For David Noland of Green Car Reports, the problem was finally traced to the lead-acid 12 Volt battery, which was failing to hold a charge & so was constantly being charged from the traction battery.

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