How To Preserve Tesla Battery While Driving
Your Tesla is your pride and joy, and despite all its leading-edge features, one element still can affect the range of your EV: it’s the sun. By some estimates, a Tesla’s efficiency can be reduced by up to ten percent during a sun-drenched summer day. It makes sense. While driving, the climate control will cool the cabin to a comfortable temperature. Even when parked, your Tesla will automatically cool the interior. Both of these functions draw energy from the battery.
Window tinting your Tesla is an easy solution to help with this battery drain. The concept is simple: reduce the amount of heat-generating solar radiation that enters your car’s cabin. This is especially important with Teslas and their large windshields and rear windows. This extra glass provides a large and airy cabin, but at a price: more opportunity for the sun to heat things up inside.
Materials Make The Difference With Window Tinting
What’s important to understand about auto window tinting is the quality of materials used. Inexpensive dyed film gives the appearance of tinted windows but without heat-rejection and UV-blocking qualities. Metalized window film does offer protection from the sun, but the material contains metal which can interfere with how electronics work in your car.
For your Tesla, the best window tint materials are nano-ceramic films. This window film relies on microscopic ceramic elements to block the sun without interfering with your radio and cell phone. In addition, the cooling benefits of nano-ceramic film don’t require the darker colors that were necessary with old-style tint materials. This also makes compliance with state window tint laws easier.
Being able to extend the time between battery charges is not only about easing range anxiety, it’s about adding convenience to your life. While not exact numbers, think about what an additional 10 to 30 miles of range could mean for long-distance travel and everyday activities. This could let you drive a few more exits down the highway or run a few more errands before having to recharge.
In addition to making your Tesla more comfortable and efficient, window tinting offers additional benefits.
Blocking Harmful UV Rays
While some exposure to the sun is a good thing–we all need vitamin D–too much ultraviolet (UV) light can be harmful. UV rays can cause premature aging of the skin and eye problems, says the American Cancer Society (ACS). While no one wants wrinkles, leathery skin, and impaired vision, the most significant risk from UV radiation is skin cancer. ACS says it very plainly, “Most skin cancers are a result of exposure to the UV rays in sunlight.”
So, at least while you’re driving your Tesla, a high-quality window tint can wrap in you a sun-blocking protective layer. Xpel’s Prime XR Plus film, for example, provides SPF 1,000 protection and blocks over 99% of harmful UV rays.
Preventing Interior Fading
At home, maybe you’ve noticed how the sun has faded carpet or outdoor furniture. This constant bombardment by solar radiation can degrade many man-made objects. Of course, this applies to the interior of your Tesla as well. Not only can the seat upholstery be affected, but the steering wheel and dashboard can also lose their pristine appearance. UV light, particularly UVC rays, can even cause a photochemical effect that breaks down the polymer structure of some plastics. So, even that striking white interior in some Teslas can lose its luster over time.
Reading all of this may make you want to keep the car garaged 24-7, but window tinting is the solution. A one-time application of nano-ceramic film means your Tesla’s interior is protected from the sun’s damaging effects.
Increasing Privacy and Security
Home is all about privacy and comfort. And, no doubt, your Tesla is a home away from home that just happens to be on wheels. Car window tinting helps keep your in-car activities to yourself. So, belting out a stoplight serenade can be just as private as singing in the shower.
Window tinting can also limit the view of your Tesla’s interior. This may reduce the temptation for a would-be thief to break a window in hopes of stealing from your car. How many times have you exited the vehicle and left a phone or other valuable item on the car’s center console?
Reducing Glare
Glare reduces your visibility while driving and creates a significant safety hazard. This major distraction comes from both direct sun rays and indirect sun reflections bouncing off an adjacent vehicle. This is even an issue at night when the headlights of taller vehicles behind you blast into your cabin. The same goes for inconsiderate drivers failing to turn off high-beam headlights. Tinting your Tesla’s windows can reduce the jarring, distracting, and dangerous effects of daytime and nighttime glare.
Enhancing Your Car’s Image
Your Tesla is distinctive: there’s nothing else like it on the road, except another Tesla. And, let’s face it, Teslas are becoming more and more popular. So, unfortunately, your car is becoming less unique. Windowing tinting can help your vehicle stand out. Think about how a window tint can make a Tesla’s white or red exterior pop. If your EV is black, grey, or blue, the right window tint can create a more cohesive look for your Tesla.
Increasing Safety
No one wants to imagine being in an accident. But, unfortunately, things can happen even with your Tesla’s advanced safety systems. Vehicle windows are made of tempered glass that is designed to break into many tiny pieces when shattered. While this can minimize the chance of major injury from broken glass, the small shards can still cut and scratch vehicle occupants. If you’ve ever dealt with a broken car window, you know that the glass can go everywhere and take forever to find. Tinting film acts as a barrier that can hold the glass pieces together and minimize the loose shards in the cabin.
Ask Questions About Tesla Window Tinting
Discover how window tinting can make for a better driving experience and help preserve the value of your car. Let the experts at Exclusive Detail answer your questions and help you find the best solution for your Tesla. Contact us today.
Other Tesla Services
In addition to Tesla window tinting in Charlotte, NC, we also provide the following services to help your Tesla looking new and unique:
- Tesla Paint Protection
- Tesla Paint Protection Film (PPF)
- Tesla Ceramic Coating
- Tesla Custom Wheels
