We have the shortest average commute of any state in the country. Our towns get pretty dense, then nothing
Yeah, dont drive down I-80 during a blizzard... doesnt mean that a EV for Laramie or Cody or Sheridan, or even Gillette/Casper as a commuter car isnt practical. The only reason an electric bike isnt practical is due to the cold, but there are enough people with DUIs that make it a thing anyways.
Let's see how good the batteries hold up to wind chill of -20.
Wind chill and heat index does not matter for vehicles, the actual temp matters. They arent having to deal with water making a phase change for temperature control, unlike humans.
Unlike gas cars for which one can plug in electric block heaters, batteries all lose charge because of electrochemical sensitivity to cold.
...why the fuck do you think you cant have a battery heater?
And garaging happens because crackheads steal copper, so you keep your home charger in your garage. Not that big of a deal because a garage is cheap to build here.
The lithium chemistry is sensitive to thermal runaway when charging, so the dynamics of a heated system would make charging at cold night somewhat complicate
...a thermostat is a fucking simple invention, it exists in every fridge you own
In wind chill, it can be more complicated than just evaporative cooling of human skin. Other surfaces also can be cooled by wind. ANY wind will carry off higher-energy air molecules from a surface regardless of whether there can be water-based evaporative coolin
No. A car left out in the cold without a heater will be damn near ambient regardless. Wind chill doesnt matter because it wont go below the actual temperature. 0 degrees with -20 wind chill vs 0 degrees with 0 wind chill has damn near zero effect on the car as both cars will be a red cunt hair away from 0.
We have the shortest average commute of any state in the country. Our towns get pretty dense, then nothing
Yeah, dont drive down I-80 during a blizzard... doesnt mean that a EV for Laramie or Cody or Sheridan, or even Gillette/Casper as a commuter car isnt practical. The only reason an electric bike isnt practical is due to the cold, but there are enough people with DUIs that make it a thing anyways.
Then you get the slush kicked up by big rigs coating your windshield. We had to pull off I-80 a few times to clear it off.
Wind chill and heat index does not matter for vehicles, the actual temp matters. They arent having to deal with water making a phase change for temperature control, unlike humans.
...why the fuck do you think you cant have a battery heater?
And garaging happens because crackheads steal copper, so you keep your home charger in your garage. Not that big of a deal because a garage is cheap to build here.
...a thermostat is a fucking simple invention, it exists in every fridge you own
No. A car left out in the cold without a heater will be damn near ambient regardless. Wind chill doesnt matter because it wont go below the actual temperature. 0 degrees with -20 wind chill vs 0 degrees with 0 wind chill has damn near zero effect on the car as both cars will be a red cunt hair away from 0.