Battery temperature

[DHS]

I'm a new EV owner (Macan 4) and ignorant of the significance of my battery's temperature. Why do I care? Why is it prominently displayed? What is the ideal temperature? What can I do to change it?

 

[KJohn3333]

Good question I’m getting my new Macan in January and would like more information on this. Coming from an all electric Jaguar IPace the battery temperature is something I don’t ever recall seeing. I’d guess the temperature is relative to range and charging times. A cold battery is less efficient and I think I’m correct in saying that conditioning the battery with it plugged in before driving will improve the range.

It would be interesting to know just how long driving or conditioning before a battery reaches optimum temperature from cold, starting from different battery and air temperatures.

 

[krissrock]

all of this shown on the gauge/cluster
the right temperature is best for power and charging. I'll try to find the image, but apparently it shows on the perimeter of the gauge, what the ideal temperature for operation is ..or at least, how far from that temperature you currently are

 

[krissrock]

iirc from a video (i don't recall which), it was explained that the dial shows a marker for the current temp (the lil arrow)
and a range for the ideal temp (the grey bar above it the arrow)

 

[byebye]

 

[CDW]

I was wondering about this myself, should it not be also higher (around 30 deg. c) for normal driving?
For example this morning mine was 4 deg. and the only time I see it higher 28 deg. (even though cold outside) was when it was pre-conditioning it for the next DC charging station.

 

[Diego]

I was wondering about this myself, should it not be also higher (around 30 deg. c) for normal driving?
For example this morning mine was 4 deg. and the only time I see it higher 28 deg. (even though cold outside) was when it was pre-conditioning it for the next DC charging station.

Same results. I can not say it's correct or not since this kind of meter wasn't on my Tesla.

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