True. Who am I kidding? This baby will be gently ensconced inside a garage that varies from 50F in winter to 85F in summer. So, inside the Slate might vary from 60-75F at night? I’ll live without hvac preconditioning for my pansy use case.I just want one vehicle around that when I leave the phone home and drive down to the river to watch the sunrise I dont exist to the rest of the world.
So having to go outside and "warm up the truck" is a totally ok side effect for me
I grew up above the arctic circle so a chill every now and then is fine.
It basically is activating the preconditioning
The use case is pretty much ‘I forgot my key’ or ‘I’m on vacation but my neighbor needs to move my car’. It’s a pretty edge case for most people.
Remote start is different than how it works in ICE vehicles. With a Tesla it means I could start the car from across town and somebody else could get it and drive away with no key. Since this is part of the telematics module that’s what I assume they mean.
It's the same as Remote Starts I've seen. The engine starts and warms up and the cabin gets conditioned, but you still need the key in the ignition to drive.
EVs have the advantage of using shore power (AC power) from your house before you get to driving. You don't have to use your on board battery charge to precondition, remote start, cabin temp, etc...
