Yes, definitely. The battery itself is not accepting anymore, your losses are heating The battery. heating the passenger compartment if you are choosing to do that, if you're not in the vehicle, why heat it.
Are you saying people stayed in their vehicles for four days?
I rode that stretch of roadway. NOT MUCH THERE if you get into a problem.
I could see that happening.
I'm not trying to defend EVs here either. But there's no way you're going to stay warm in your vehicle, gas or electric for four days. If you made that many poor choices. Darwin is going to win.
Yup
I could certainly see that happening.
No believe me you've made that very very clear. Lol and as I have said many times never going to happen. Unless your government is way more efficient than ours. Politics change all the time. 11 years is a long time. Something new and more green will come along to catch their eye. LolYes. I know you understand the desolation up here.
That's why I think the 2035 mandated government deadline to switch solely to electric is ridiculous. Honestly. Can you see this area being able to sustain a switch to solely electric vehicles?
Fencing Practice tonight at Purdue University.
Having never driven or researched that car. See what people are seeing for range before you purchase. The cold weather seems to really affect some EVs and others don't seem to care so much. I also think if you have a warm place to park which I believe you do makes a huge difference.
I am pretty sure they have a grid heater when it is needed.
electronics on vehicles these days where everything has a sensor and just about a million different things can throw a code on a vehicle and, as you can see from the picture in the post, road salt is a HUGE factor in vehicle life. Most vehicles up here start having sensor issues pop up after 5 or 6 years. Half the time, the backup sensor in my truck gives a fault. I've had to replace the trailer wiring harness twice on the truck in 5 years due to salt corrosion. And washing a vehicle is pointless in the winter here as you drive a block and it's covered in road salt.
I do not have a Tesla so I cannot say how that vehicle works. But the Ford the precondition function warms the interior and the battery from the charger. If you are not plugged into a charger, it just warms the cabin. And in my experience It doesn't make any range difference whether or not you do this. (As soon as you start driving the battery and the motors produce heat and warm themselves) Unless you need to charge the battery immediately. Scenario you put the vehicle away needing a charge and did not charge it overnight. That's not who I am so I've never experienced that. If the vehicle needed charged. I would do it the night before unless I was able to charge at the hotel or such overnight.
Battery To just above freezing is what I've been told.
Everyday at 3:30 the truck remote starts. Maybe that's a better word. So that way my lovely wife is able to get into a baking hot truck. Lol
I would say this is more apt to be used in the summer rather than the winter when the battery needs to be cooled versus heated. As you are driving the vehicle, it is producing heat.
Remote start? That still doesn't seem to be the correct phrase.
A home EV charger uses 10KW? Damn, that would kill my electric bill.
My home charger can use 20 KW. Lol
Would you mind posting the link?
I’ve seen several reports of the costs of EV if the various subsidies are taken into account. Below is 1 example. I do not know if it is accurate. It claims the cost equivalent is $17.33/gallon (as per the date of the study)
Preconditioning and charging on a cold morning. Just for one hour.