Uploaded January 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Max demonstrates the importance of battery pre-conditioning using his home charging station and charge scheduling with his Polestar 2 on a cold journey to the mountains from Colorado's front range. Not all electric cars have this feature, but increasingly many do and it's great for reducing the range hit of cold weather!

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0:00 Welcome
1:06 Winter Range Loss
2:46 Charge Scheduling
5:46 Cabin Conditioning
7:31 Impact From Idling or Parking In Cold
9:56 Pre-Conditioning For Fast Charging
12:12 Wrap-Up

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