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Just as it does with fuel efficiency, cold weather is known to negatively affect ... further lessening driving range. Now, Tesla is working on a feature that will allow owners to preheat the ...

The percentage of battery capacity a given EV will lose when the mercury plunges will vary – ... [+] sometimes wildly – from one model to another. As has been widely-documented in recent years ...

For instance, a Tesla Model 3 with ... a heat pump can mitigate cold weather range loss by around 10% on average, compared to having a conventional resistance heater which is less efficient.

Tesla’s support website says the company has made updates to the vehicle to improve charging in freezing temperatures, but it also notes that energy consumption can increase in cold weather.