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I don't own one, but they recently added some cold climate pack on their ordering page, so I guess they are taking that into account. Especially that Netherlands is/was their second biggest client.


The cold climate option just adds extra seat heaters and wiper defrosters and such accessories. It doesn't impact the fundamental troubles with the battery and such.

The Model S battery pack has an active heating and cooling system, so it avoids a lot of the problems that batteries have in the cold. The main trouble it has is that it needs to expend some energy to warm up the battery pack, meaning that you lose some range when starting cold. Secondary trouble is that cabin heating isn't free the way it is with gas cars, which also costs some range. If you're plugged in, you can mitigate these problems by telling the car to warm up in advance, which will heat both the cabin and the battery using mains electricity, saving the battery for driving. If you're not plugged in or just forget to heat the car in advance, everything still works, you'll just lose some range.

I think you mean Norway rather than Netherlands there, and Tesla is apparently hugely popular there. Whatever trouble it has in cold weather can't be too bad.




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