Cold and batteries NOT mix!!🤦♀️🤣 N
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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.
Leftist meme
Commiefornia is fucked regarding petrol as well. Electricity demand is about 1/10 here in Sweden in the night vs the day because of the huge industrial demand. You could easily charge hundreds of thousands of EVs the miles needed each night on low effect for a fraction of the industrial demand during the day. The average car in Sweden drives around 15000km a year, or 41km a day. That’s about 7kWh energy needed to recharge the average commute/leisure drive every day. That’s 1000W for 7 hours, or the equivalent of your average a/c unit.
There are 31 million cars in CA and it's 111 degrees F in SOCAL currently.
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!
Only -22? I live in northern MN and honestly I'm beginning to think it's too hot here for my liking.
I have no idea, woke up to +5 this morning, winter is coming. I would love me som guacamole 🙏