But when you do factor in cold weather...hoo boy. Same for hot weather, actually. Both temperature extremes can affect the efficiency and the life of the battery, not to mention air conditioning in either extreme draining substantially more.
EVs are definitely a luxury item and if battery tech doesn't change, will be for the entire time they attempt to push it. After all, when it gets into the negatives like several states can, things get interesting if you don't have a fancy air conditioned garage and the funds to pay for it on green energy.
Yea, cold weather means expecting to use 20% more energy than normal. I have a 60 mile drive in the mountains I do regularly. Because it's the mountains, it will consume 120 miles of "range" from my battery, so I like to have 150 miles of "range" showing when I start. When it's cold, I won't start until I have 180 miles of "range" which is getting dangerously close to full on my aging battery.
But when you do factor in cold weather...hoo boy. Same for hot weather, actually. Both temperature extremes can affect the efficiency and the life of the battery, not to mention air conditioning in either extreme draining substantially more.
EVs are definitely a luxury item and if battery tech doesn't change, will be for the entire time they attempt to push it. After all, when it gets into the negatives like several states can, things get interesting if you don't have a fancy air conditioned garage and the funds to pay for it on green energy.
Yea, cold weather means expecting to use 20% more energy than normal. I have a 60 mile drive in the mountains I do regularly. Because it's the mountains, it will consume 120 miles of "range" from my battery, so I like to have 150 miles of "range" showing when I start. When it's cold, I won't start until I have 180 miles of "range" which is getting dangerously close to full on my aging battery.