/"Nissan (like most big companies) suffers from Not Invented Here syndrome, which means they ignored EV history and experience and didn't provide battery heaters. (One of my projects is to see if I can add them)."/
Yeah, I don't understand the rationale for this, seems penny wise and pound foolish. Year after year I read posts complaining about less range in winter. Mine doesn't change much since I heat the pack to 65F when parked at home. Doesn't take much, 350W max, but the heaters aren't on all the time, boxes are insulated so the cells remain above 50 F when parked outside in mid-20s F for 5 hours. Of course running the cabin heater reduces range, but many times daytime temps are in the mid-30's to mid-40's so I don't need cabin heat (wear a jacket) and range is then similar to summer. I'd also guess that repeated use of the pack at low temperatures reduces pack life. Doesn't seem worth it to save a few hundred bucks. I don't think NIH is the reason, they probably just thought it was an added cost that would improve performance but was not required. In Minn I'd say it's required! How are you supposed to use it when temps drop to -30 F? -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Turning-over-a-new-Leaf-tp4673019p4673045.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
