Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather
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#4I'm not sure that this warrants such a generalization from the title. The article itself goes on to quote:
> “This is not a categorical problem for electric vehicles,” he added, “because it has largely been sorted out in other places.”
> ... Cold weather is likely to be less of an issue as companies update electric vehicles models. Even in the last few years, companies have developed capabilities that allow newer models to be more efficient in the cold.
Tesla in particular had a single charging station in Chicago that was down, but was reporting to the fleet as if it were up. Effectively summoning several cars, only to leave them stranded.
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#5I just drove the Tesla Model Y around where this past weekend it was -10F. Range was probably 15% lower overall (lots of heating / heated seats etc) and we were cautious to make sure we stayed charged up (huge traffic delays due to the storm meant you could be stuck in your car for 6-10 hours). Overall everything worked out, I did have battery anxiety but there were also gas cars which had anxiety.
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#690% of the complaints appear to be from folks who have no ability to charge at home. I would agree with the sentiment that if you have to drive any significant distance daily, and live in an apartment where you can’t charge at home, having an EV is going to be a giant pain and it might be a little too soon to go that route. I’d imagine we’re still several years away from having robust enough charging infrastructure assuming the build outs continue to get government support.
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#7I'm not sure that this warrants such a generalization from the title. The article itself goes on to quote: > “This is not a categorical problem for electric vehicles,” he added, “because it has largely been sorted out in other places.” > ... Cold weather is likely to be less of an issue as companies update electric vehicles models. Even in the last few years, companies have developed capabilities that allow newer mod…
The only place where they provide specific examples of how things are "largely sorted" is Norway and they themselves admit:
> the majority of people in Norway live in houses, not apartments, and nearly 90 percent of electric vehicle owners have their own charging stations at home, he said.
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#8Yes, because combustion engines are also great at starting in freezing temperatures.
If you manage to get it going, it's fine after a few minutes. But the cold start is a pain.
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#9I'm not sure that this warrants such a generalization from the title. The article itself goes on to quote: > “This is not a categorical problem for electric vehicles,” he added, “because it has largely been sorted out in other places.” > ... Cold weather is likely to be less of an issue as companies update electric vehicles models. Even in the last few years, companies have developed capabilities that allow newer mod…
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#10It's the number one thing really. Even in CA, my Nissan Leaf would lose a solid 25% in the winter. Can't imagine what negative temps would have been like. Won't be solved until we have solid electrolyte cells, and that's a long way off.