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The problem is refueling, a sitting ev needs to power its own heater running down the battery, and to make it worse, batteries already have lower power in winter.
Thus the cars are all waiting to refuel and ran out of power.
A Hybrid is a better option until refueling EV's are not an issue.
It's a charger issue, did any one read the damn article?
> He was forced to hire a flatbed tow truck to haul the vehicle to a working charging station.
The rest of the article is talking about other issues.
My sister lives in Chicago and her ICE car also won't start due to the extreme low temperatures. The Canadians solved this problem by having resistive heat elements installed in their engine, I think EVs probably need the same.
https://calgary.citynews.ca/video/2024/01/12/gas-pumps-freez...
Same in Illinois but the article doesn't mention it https://www.wcia.com/news/local-news/cold-weather-causes-fro...
It's a charger issue, did any one read the damn article?
In general, Teslas won't supercharge until the battery reaches a specific temperature. It's well-known that a Tesla will sit at a Supercharger and heat the battery until it's warm enough to charge, sometimes for 20+ minutes.
As far as why this incident happened, I have no idea, and nor does the article speculate.
My sister lives in Chicago and her ICE car also won't start due to the extreme low temperatures. The Canadians solved this problem by having resistive heat elements installed in their engine, I think EVs probably need the same.
It's resistive heat, but not a resistive heat element.
My sister lives in Chicago and her ICE car also won't start due to the extreme low temperatures. The Canadians solved this problem by having resistive heat elements installed in their engine, I think EVs probably need the same.
A friend hypothesized that a lot of Tesla drivers charge the same way they refilled their gas cars, by waiting until the last minute and supercharging back up to "full". This doesn't work when it's so cold so people need to learn to charge a little at a time.
My sister lives in Chicago and her ICE car also won't start due to the extreme low temperatures. The Canadians solved this problem by having resistive heat elements installed in their engine, I think EVs probably need the same.
I learned to drive on a 1976 VW Rabbit diesel. We had a block heater for it, and in the winter, we had to plug it in to warm it up. You'd think there'd be some way to do that for EVs.
My sister lives in Chicago and her ICE car also won't start due to the extreme low temperatures. The Canadians solved this problem by having resistive heat elements installed in their engine, I think EVs probably need the same.
Tesla replaced the resistive heaters in their vehicles with a heat pump. When it's super cold they run (essentially) DC power through their AC motors so the motors don't spin, they just heat up. The heat pumps then scavenge heat from the motors. It's resistive heat, but not a resistive heat element.
A friend hypothesized that a lot of Tesla drivers charge the same way they refilled their gas cars, by waiting until the last minute and supercharging back up to "full". This doesn't work when it's so cold so people need to learn to charge a little at a time.
From personal experience there is a similarity with people who charge their phone when they can and people who charge it when it is about to die. My SO and I are on opposite sides of this spectrum and the dichotomy is quite stark. This also applies to charging vehicles as I take every opportunity to top off and she waits until it's about to hit 0%.
If I owned an EV, I would charge it like I charge my phone.