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Here I'm going to cover extensively on driving Tesla's in Canadian winters
I will try my best to record all my personal experiences day to day as I drive this car
I currently live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winters year can sometimes go as low as
-55 degrees Celsius with the wind chill of course. Some days in Manitoba are
literally colder than Mars. I've seen a lot of videos on YouTube
about Tesla's but I rarely found any videos that demonstrates everyday
driving and maintaining these cars over Canadian winters.
I've been driving the 2020 Tesla Model 3 for a couple of weeks now and so far the only regret I
have is not buying or switching to electric even sooner don't get me wrong
these cars can cause minor inconveniences if you're not ready for
There's definitely a bit of a learning curve but don't you worry I'll be sure
to cover that in today's video so let's get down to 3 Reasons Why You
Should Buy a 2020 Tesla Model 3 in Canada!!
Reason #1 NO MORE GAS
This is the part I'm so freakin happy about. I used to spend like $200-300
in gas every month. After I got the Tesla guess how much I spent on charging it this month?
$31.29
My university has level 2 chargers that I can use for free
It does take like 3 to 4 hours to charge which is quite a bit of a time but I
would have been there anyway attending my classes. And also charge it once or
twice a week. Let's say you want to charge your Tesla even faster you can
just go down to the superchargers in Polo Park and have it charged in like 20
to 30 minutes while you watch Netflix YouTube or play games or a thousand
other things you can do for entertainment in the Tesla
As the weather gets warmer charging time will substantially reduce. The Tesla
superchargers usually cost me anywhere from $10-14
when I have an empty battery. This is still waaaaay better than
getting gas for $40-50 every time you top up your tank
Now I can't end this segment without talking about range. The base Tesla Model 3 gives
you 402 kilometers of range with the long range going 518 kilometers that is
a lot more than any other electric vehicle offering at this time in the
winter time here in Canada you do get a bit less than 402 kilometers as the HVAC
system uses a lot of energy to heat up the cabin you also lose a couple of
kilometers when the car is parked outside and not in a heated garage
This happens as the battery has a heater to keep it from freezing overnight
You usually lose like 20-40 kilometers if your vehicle is parked outside but if
you have your Tesla plugged in overnight but the wall charger all Tesla's come
with you don't lose anything rather gain a little bit of range overnight.
One last thing I want to mention before I end this segment also the reason for a huge
inflow of Tesla's in Canada is that Tesla recently completed construction
for all the superchargers in the electric highway here in Canada
This means you can literally go from one end of Canada to the other with your Tesla
as you would do with your gasoline vehicle. Say for example, I want to do a
road trip and visit my buddy out in St. Catharines, Ontario. I will have
superchargers every 80-100 kilometers of my trip. Not that I need to stop at every
one of them but reassuring to know that they're there. The trip planner in your
Tesla will tell you which superchargers you gotta stop at and for how long you
need to charge in order to reach the next supercharger that Tesla trip
planner has planned out for you.
Reason #2 NO MAINTENANCE
Unlike a traditional gasoline vehicle where you gotta always top up your fluids get
oil changes engine work and whatnot. The Tesla relieves you of all these
things. The only thing you need to worry about in your Tesla is your windshield
washer fluid and that's it! There is no engine
you gotta maintain or oil changes you need to get every 5,000 to 7,000
kilometers even the brake pads don't need to be changed because they're
barely used as the car brakes automatically due to regenerative
braking. This tweet from Elon Musk's sums it up
The car comes with extensive warranty for the battery pack and all the other
major instruments in the car. The only thing you need to worry about is
rotating your tires every six thousand two hundred and fifty miles or ten thousand
kilometers and get new tires every six years and now I come down to my last
point safety. As of April 2019, All cars being produced will have the
capability to handle full self-driving whether you get the add-on or not.
The car will use its full self-driving capability nonetheless to protect you
from any imminent crashes from taking place. As you can see on the video that the
car is capable of seeing more than the driver. It can see two to three cars
ahead of you two to three cars behind you all the cars in your sides safety
experts at your and cap tested the Tesla Model to you with all kinds of
real-world situations and the Model 3 passed with flying colors in all
categories. Here you can see some examples of the Tesla Model 3 predicting
a crash and autopilot taking over to avoid that crash
And this one's mainly for Canadian highways as we need that extra help to
avoid any accidents with any animals on the road and if for some reason you had
your crash avoidance system switched off in the car and you get into a head-on
collision. You're more likely to walk away from that accident then if you were
in another internal combustion engine vehicle. This is because all Tesla's have
just empty storage space at the front of the car rather than an engine so when
a Tesla gets into a head-on collision most of the shock is taken away from the
passengers due to the huge crumple zone at the front. There's obviously more
reasons than just these reasons on why you should switch to a Tesla. Switching from
a gasoline vehicle to a Tesla is like switching from a BlackBerry phone to an
iPhone
I haven't even started to talk about autopilot which is the most useful and
important feature of this car but I would need a dedicated video on just
autopilot as there is too much to cover. But, for now, if you hate rush-hour traffic or
want to take a little bit stress off of driving autopilot does that for you and
you barely need to drive you just observe and immediately autopilot
somehow manages to drive without lane lines inside the city. Watch my first
video where the basic autopilot that comes with every Tesla had control over
the driving session 99% of the time I just had to intervene 23 seconds of the
28 minutes drive which is very impressive if you ask me. You can also
control the car and have the car come to you in a parking lot
using the summon feature on your Tesla app also you can set climate controls
flash your headlights, honk your horns, open windows, open the trunk and the frunk
with the Tesla app
The car also has sentry mode. This function uses all the six cameras of the car to
record anyone who tries to break into the car. Those are some of the awesome
features of this car from the future. Let me know if you have any questions down
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