Battery drain: Siblings find the Tesla doesn’t agree with winter
Heather Hamilton
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A brother and sister duo rented a Tesla to find out what it was like to drive the electric vehicle.
Xaviar and Alice Steavenson chose to test it out on a drive from Orlando, Florida to Wichita, Kansas in late December. They told Insider that they knew it would need charging but did not realize just how often that would be.
“We ended up having to stop every one to 1 ½ hours to charge for an hour, then an hour and a half, then two hours,” Xaviar Steavenson said, noting that the “battery would drain faster than it would charge.”
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Steavenson said they rented the car from Hertz with the idea that there would be a significant cost-savings, but that that was not the case.
“Beyond the lost time, it also got to the point it was between $25 and $30 to recharge,” Steavenson said. “Just in one day, we stopped six times to charge at that cost.”
A Hertz representative reportedly said electric vehicle battery range “can be influenced by multiple factors including weather and driving conditions.”
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Steavenson and his sister were not alone. Other Tesla owners have recently expressed frustration with the workings of the electric vehicle.
Virginia radio host Domenick Nati also shared a video on Christmas Eve showing how his Tesla would not charge in the cold weather. Nati was left stranded and having to cancel his holiday plans.