ICE cars essentially have "free" heat, since about 70% of the fuel ends up as waste heat. EVs are too efficient, so no appreciable waste heat, so all the heat has to come from the battery. The way to "cheat" is to pre-condition the car before you depart while the car is still plugged into the grid. Having a heat pump like the later Nissan Leaf and all Teslas made in the last few years is also very helpful.
On Thu, Dec 22, 2022 at 9:10 AM Ed Thorpe via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > BTW, how much are ICE cars hit with drop in gas mileage during the winter > month? How come no one complains about that? Or are EVs hid harder in the > cold wintertime? > > > Thanks, > Ed > > > On Dec 22, 2022, at 7:49 AM, Peri Hartman via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> > wrote: > > > > Why your Tesla hates the cold, too, and what you can do about it > > > https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/why-your-tesla-hates-the-cold-too-and-what-you-can-do-about-it/ > > > > ... > > How much did the cold affect his car’s performance? > > ... > > The only difference he’s noticed is a loss of about 3%, or 10 miles, of > his normal driving range. > > ... > > But batteries take a bigger hit from heating the car’s interior, > MacKenzie said, not from the weather itself. > > ... > > A 2019 study by AAA found the driving range plummets up to 41% on > average when the temperature drops to 20 degrees and the heater is on. And > in a 2020 test drive by Car and Driver magazine, a Tesla Model 3 lost over > 60 miles of range after being driven with the seat warmers on and the heat > on full blast. > > ... > > Electric vehicles’ performance in the cold shouldn’t be a deterrent for > prospective buyers, MacKenzie said. In 2021, about 86% of cars sold in > Norway were electric. Temperatures there hover around or below 40 degrees > for almost half the year. > > ... > > > > -------------- > > > > And, here, is some local humor :) > > > https://theneedling.com/2022/11/18/tickets-selling-out-quickly-for-queen-anne-sedan-snow-slam > > > > Peri > > > > << Annoyed by leaf blowers ? https://quietcleanseattle.org/ >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/ > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20221222/ce465ce5/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
