Promised range of 500 miles ?

[TexasRaider]

I'm currently driving an awd cybertruck here in Alaska- I'm seeing my wh per mile go from summer around 408 to winter 518- due to the efficiency being 2.4ish miles per kw the range hit brings ya down to 1.9 miles per kw. If i don't run sentry mode my truck loses less than a % of range. Definitely not as significant as my other teslas. Temperatures I've been driving in have been between -5f to 35f mostly in the teens. I am getting the range extender due to the lack of charging here in Alaska. Even with CCS it's limited as a bunch of the ccs chargers don't work with the Cybertruck due to their age.

I’d imagine you keep your CT in a garage then. I drove my AWD CT to visit with family and had to park it over night outside in +20 degree Fahrenheit nights and loss about 4 percent each night here in the northern lower 48. But it was parked outside..

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[Markkinak]

I’d imagine you keep your CT in a garage then. I drove my AWD CT to visit with family and had to park it over night outside in +20 degree Fahrenheit nights and loss about 4 percent each night here in the northern lower 48. But it was parked outside..

I suspect what you're seeing is the loss of range due to a cold battery. If you precondition while plugged in outside that will reduce the loss. I see similar 'blue loss' but it's not actually lost if you can precondition... but yeah garage helps alot.. I do like this new blue loss indicator- my X doesn't have it... gives me a more realistic range estimate in the cold.

 

[TexasRaider]

I suspect what you're seeing is the loss of range due to a cold battery. If you precondition while plugged in outside that will reduce the loss. I see similar 'blue loss' but it's not actually lost if you can precondition... but yeah garage helps alot.. I do like this new blue loss indicator- my X doesn't have it... gives me a more realistic range estimate in the cold.

Completely agree. When I plugged in outside with a 110v, it kept the battery warm and gained about 1% an hour over night. (While kept outside of a garage in the freezing cold.)

 

[cybercricket]

It may have been a deliberate engineering decision to leave an empty space at the bottom of the pack, like for mechanical protection.

Here is the proof they left the air gap as a way to protect the cells :

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