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See the cold tax on your Tesla.

New EV owners may not know: batteries don’t perform great in the cold. So, Tesla is making it easier to visualize.

Not A Tesla App found Tesla’s app update (4.19.0) now shows a blue line in the charge meter, indicating how much battery energy is unavailable until it warms up.

Additionally, there’s a new menu for Tesla owners to manage a SuperCharger membership for their other, non-Tesla EV.

Tesla iPhone app screenshot showing the charge limit meter and charging status of the Tesla, and has half on a green bar showing the current state of charge and a small blue line showing how much it won’t charge.
The blue line at the end shows how much of the Tesla battery can’t charge until it warms up.
Image: Not A Tesla App
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