Frode Vike
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Hi, I picked up my US-Spec MY24 Platinum just before Christmas, and today we decided to see what it was good for in the cold. As the title gives away, I live in Norway, more specific in what is called Northern Norway, but is actually in the middle of Norway, lenghtwise. Some 100 mi. south of the Arctic Circle.
We wanted to go to the little village of Hemavan in Sweden, a alpine ski resort. We didn't go for downhill skiing, but for some grocery shopping, a popular pasttime for norwegians, as food, fuel, liqour, cigarettes etc is insanely expencive in Norway. But we mainly needed an excuse to roadtrip the Lightning.
The trip was total 340 km / 210 mi.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nCs69PwbXDv1SMnu6
We started off at 10 am, at a crisp -20 C / -4 F. I pre-heated the truck, so the SOC was at 99% and 347 km / 215 mi range. Which I thought was good, given the temperature.
My oldest son ready to go.
Early in the day, the rear windows fogged and froze on the inside, but that got better troughout the day. The first leg was up to the next town over, Mo i Rana, an industrial town, and then after a short stop, east to Sweden. The temperature was around -15 C / 5 F along the Rana fjord, but as we turned inward in the country and climbing the mountainous terrain towards the border, the temp fell to -25 C / -13 F.
As we got into Sweden, there is a plateau, and pretty even terrain, not flat, but no major elevation changes along the road. The temps got colder. It varied between -30C to -34 C / -22 F to -29.2 F. Sweden has very good roads compared to those on the Norwegain side of the border, so I maintained a speed about 90 kmh / 55 mph. The heat in the cabin was good, we had it set at 23 C / 73.4 F, but it wasn't that warm still. The windows were all clear. All in all, I was very impressed with the Lightning regarding the speed I traveled, the outside and inside temps, and power usage.
Before arriving in Hemavan, we got treated with a flash of the sun over the horizon. At our latitude, the sun is not visible on the sky from ca 21st of December until early January. At the latitude of Mo i Rana, just some 100 km / 62 mi North, it's not visible until mid-February.
We arrived in Hemavan at 1:17 pm. The SOC was 33% Put it on a charger, and went for a meal. 27 minutes later it stopped charging at 72% SOC. I don't know why it stopped, as it was set to go to 80%. The charging session added 51.1 kWh and 167 km / 103 mi of range. I meant to take a picture of the "This Trip" screen, but I forgot about that, so I don't know that range those 33% was.
After I moved the car off the charger, we did our shopping, and left at 2:50 pm. The return trip was 156 km / 97 mi. SOC was at 72% and ca 190 km / 118 mi range. The return trip went back to Norway a different way, tru the village of Hattfjelldal in Norway. Along Joesjö lake (Sweden) we had our lowest temperature of the day at -35 C / -31 F. Since we started off from Hemavan with a cold car (Outside temp ca -30 C / -22F) the power usage was quite high in the beginning, up in the 60 kWt/100 km range. This may also be because I was freezing on my left thigh, as the door around the speaker area was very cold. So we cranked the heat up to 28 C / 82.4 F! As we decended to Hattfjelldal, the kWt/100 km number dropped into the 50s. The return trip was pretty uneventful, but it was clear skies, so the hi-beams (Glare-free Matrix enabled) did use some time before they turned on. It needs to be quite dark before they turn on. Of course, there is a Super-moon today, and snow on the ground, the moonlight reflects, and it's quite bright.
Back home we arrived with 16% SOC and some 32 km / 19 mi range. We're pretty happy with the winter performance. It's can manage really cold conditions. The temperatures we saw today isn't normal for us, but they can occur. The truck drives good, and easy. The tires are 275/60-20 BFGoodrich KO3s that I have had siped and studded.
We wanted to go to the little village of Hemavan in Sweden, a alpine ski resort. We didn't go for downhill skiing, but for some grocery shopping, a popular pasttime for norwegians, as food, fuel, liqour, cigarettes etc is insanely expencive in Norway. But we mainly needed an excuse to roadtrip the Lightning.
The trip was total 340 km / 210 mi.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/nCs69PwbXDv1SMnu6
We started off at 10 am, at a crisp -20 C / -4 F. I pre-heated the truck, so the SOC was at 99% and 347 km / 215 mi range. Which I thought was good, given the temperature.
My oldest son ready to go.
Early in the day, the rear windows fogged and froze on the inside, but that got better troughout the day. The first leg was up to the next town over, Mo i Rana, an industrial town, and then after a short stop, east to Sweden. The temperature was around -15 C / 5 F along the Rana fjord, but as we turned inward in the country and climbing the mountainous terrain towards the border, the temp fell to -25 C / -13 F.
As we got into Sweden, there is a plateau, and pretty even terrain, not flat, but no major elevation changes along the road. The temps got colder. It varied between -30C to -34 C / -22 F to -29.2 F. Sweden has very good roads compared to those on the Norwegain side of the border, so I maintained a speed about 90 kmh / 55 mph. The heat in the cabin was good, we had it set at 23 C / 73.4 F, but it wasn't that warm still. The windows were all clear. All in all, I was very impressed with the Lightning regarding the speed I traveled, the outside and inside temps, and power usage.
Before arriving in Hemavan, we got treated with a flash of the sun over the horizon. At our latitude, the sun is not visible on the sky from ca 21st of December until early January. At the latitude of Mo i Rana, just some 100 km / 62 mi North, it's not visible until mid-February.
We arrived in Hemavan at 1:17 pm. The SOC was 33% Put it on a charger, and went for a meal. 27 minutes later it stopped charging at 72% SOC. I don't know why it stopped, as it was set to go to 80%. The charging session added 51.1 kWh and 167 km / 103 mi of range. I meant to take a picture of the "This Trip" screen, but I forgot about that, so I don't know that range those 33% was.
After I moved the car off the charger, we did our shopping, and left at 2:50 pm. The return trip was 156 km / 97 mi. SOC was at 72% and ca 190 km / 118 mi range. The return trip went back to Norway a different way, tru the village of Hattfjelldal in Norway. Along Joesjö lake (Sweden) we had our lowest temperature of the day at -35 C / -31 F. Since we started off from Hemavan with a cold car (Outside temp ca -30 C / -22F) the power usage was quite high in the beginning, up in the 60 kWt/100 km range. This may also be because I was freezing on my left thigh, as the door around the speaker area was very cold. So we cranked the heat up to 28 C / 82.4 F! As we decended to Hattfjelldal, the kWt/100 km number dropped into the 50s. The return trip was pretty uneventful, but it was clear skies, so the hi-beams (Glare-free Matrix enabled) did use some time before they turned on. It needs to be quite dark before they turn on. Of course, there is a Super-moon today, and snow on the ground, the moonlight reflects, and it's quite bright.
Back home we arrived with 16% SOC and some 32 km / 19 mi range. We're pretty happy with the winter performance. It's can manage really cold conditions. The temperatures we saw today isn't normal for us, but they can occur. The truck drives good, and easy. The tires are 275/60-20 BFGoodrich KO3s that I have had siped and studded.
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