Tesla EVs to take wind, humidity and temperature to calculate battery percentage
- Tesla's new OTA update for navigation comes adding a host of new features.
Tesla electric cars will now take predicted crosswind, headwind, humidity and temperature into account while calculating battery percentage on arrival, informed the automaker in a tweet. This latest feature associated with Tesla cars' navigation system comes as part of the automaker's latest software update. The automaker also said that this comes in addition to current factors like predicted speed, HVAC use, elevation changes, current temperature, route ad distance. However, it is not sure, this is meant for any specific Tesla car or all the EVs from the brand.
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As the US electric car major reveals, till now, the Tesla cars' navigation systems used to take factors like speed, AC use, elevation changes during driving, temperature, the route being taken to reach the destination, the distance of destination etc. Adding to those, the new factors that will be considered as well include the crosswinds and headwinds being faced by the vehicle and humidity. This would allow the Tesla cars' computer to predict the battery percentage to remain after reaching the destination more accurately.
Electric vehicles' battery consumption depends on a lot of factors. Besides the speed and distance, an electric vehicle's battery consumption also depends on factors like weight, driving behaviour etc. High temperature and high humidity result in a higher drain out of the charge. This eventually results in a lower range for the electric vehicle.
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