Cold and batteries NOT mix!!🤦♀️🤣 N
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Okay, explain how that is different with a gas powered car?
The heating system in a gas powered car is a byproduct of the engine combustion, captured (via the hot engine coolant that circulates through the engine and radiator) and used to heat the vehicle. With a gas powered car one can idle the vehicle using minimal amount of fuel (as when stopped in traffic) and the car stays warm. Whereas with an EV a large amount of current is needed to heat the vehicle, robbing the car from electricity also needed to propel it, potentially creating a dangerous situation of people being stranded in their EV's from massive battery drain.
With a full tank of gas a car can run on idle for 8-9 hours, and if a person is tries to conserve by heating for a while and then turning off the engine for as long as possible, a full tank of gas can go for days.
Same with the battery of my Hyundai Ioniq 5. The heater has an effect of 1300W, and I did a test last winter in -22C last winter. It took the car 7 minutes to reach a temperature of 0 degrees, another 10 minutes to hear to +20. 17 minutes equals about 500W of energy. To keep the car at 20C ones it’s already heated demands an output of about 700W in -22C, or 0,7kWh. My car has a battery of 72,6kWh, so my car could easily run for more than 100 hours on a full battery.
The lesson is, never run on “fumes” during very cold or hot days, you might need extra power to keep hot or cold. This rule of thumb is valid both in EVs and in ICEs.
Also bring extra clothes and blankets in your car during winter.
There are lot of negative aspects to driving an EV, this is not one of them if you plan ahead.
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Good analysis. The "Always be prepared" motto is more important in winter, so extra blankets, flares, food, and water, in a survival bag is smart planning.
Dude! Why do you live where it gets to -22C? Come on over. I'll make guacamole!
My heater in my gas truck will run 40 hours on a tank.
That car batteyr Bout an hour.
Actually the “heater” in the Tesla is a heat pump, and as you are only running the life support (not transmission, fuel pump, water system and electrical system) you have about 5 days of warmth - providing you charged before you left home
The EV has the luxury of only running the systems you need, when needed. Add to that your ICE (like mine) heats up the engine block, transmission, water system much hotter than than the heater; before the heater works.