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Fewer people in the US plan to buy EVs this year, study shows
(www.reuters.com)
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Are you working 100+ miles away from home? On a 300 mile per useful charge battery, you temporarily lose about 20% usefulness to extreme cold, that still leaves you with 270 total range. So assuming you work 100 miles away, and do zero charging at work, you'd still have 170 miles of range to get back home in the cold.
If you can charge at work, this becomes even easier.
I've heard it's closer to 40% range loss. And yes, I do work that far away at times. Yes it's a separate issue how far I need to go, with no good solutions as my spouse works in the opposite direction.
So 20% capacity loss due to age and add another 40% loss ( idk if that's true, but I've read it in articles on Lemmy) is a huge issue for some.
Maybe at -40 degrees if you leave your car outside in the weather. Granted I park my EV in my garage and the coldest its been since I've owned it has been maybe -10 degrees F (-24 degrees C).
20% from age you'd only see after 12 or more years. If you're charging at home instead of DC fast charging it will likely be less degradation that that even.
Interesting, glad to hear it takes that long to decrease that much. I also don't have a garage to charge in either.
How much range did you lose at -10F? Where I live it isn't unusual to have stretches of -20 for a week at a time.
Thats the temporary 20% range reduction I referred to.
Do you have block heaters for your ICE vehicles because of that cold and parking outside?
Nah, it's not really an issue unless You're around -40 or have a diesel. Or if you have an older battery.
In Canada in places where it gets really cold, it used to be common to plug in your car for the block heater in your engine.