The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter

Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by vanous on Saturday December 24, 2022 @04:54PM (#34121465)

I am all for EV, but if besides needing to take care that I plug my phone and my watch every night I must also not forget to plug in the car and if I forget, I must apologize at work for not coming in, or my kids cannot go to school... just because it easily can get to -15°C here... then it feels like a technology issue and not like me doing the worse thing possible...

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by marvin on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:04PM (#34121571)

Regular EV user here - plugging it in is something you do every time you park, the way you lock your doors. It takes five seconds. Press the «open charge port» button on the charging cable and stick it in the charging socket. Done.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by thinking4real on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:28PM (#34121781)

I’m cracking up that you’re making this sound so simple and matter of fact, but reading this description of how one is “supposed” to charge their EV makes me realize i’m many years from wanting one.

Honestly, it’s kind of a joke how badly people want to defend the tech despite its current shortcomings.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by ikiris on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:56PM (#34121998)

Yes, plugs are very confusing. They'll offer a course in college for the younger generations.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by danw1979 on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:04PM (#34122062)

I think the GP was saying “it doesn’t have shortcomings”, not trying to defend any that actually exist.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by trog on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:16PM (#34122176)

Not sure why "supposed" is in quotes here. You're "supposed" to fill your car with gas by waiting til you come across a gas station, driving in, parking at a pump, getting out, pressing the button to open the gas tank, plugging in the hose, pumping gas for as long as it takes to fill the tank to the desired level, paying, and so on.

Compared to plugging in an EV at night and forgetting about it and this being sufficient for 99 percent of my driving needs, getting gas sounds like it has vastly more shortcomings and that's before you look at any of the other crappy things about it.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by magicalhippo on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:01PM (#34122541)

On the flip side my GF loves it.

When she got home late the last thing she wanted to do was to spend an extra 10-15 minutes or so filling up. Which frequently led to a panic the following day when she'd forgotten. She even ran out of gas a couple of times when she was really stressed the following day.

She much prefers the EV since it's always full. When she gets home it takes literally less than 10 seconds to plug it in. Next day it takes literally less than 10 seconds to unplug, and she never has to think about filling up for the rest of the day.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by wilg on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:24PM (#34122707)

You gotta plug it in to charge, man. I don't know what you want. Just leave it plugged in whenever you can and that's it.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by marvin on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:31PM (#34122761)

Filling gas and changing oil is also pretty inconvenient, it’s just habit that makes you discount it. A good EV is more convenient for everyday use. Cheaper too.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by simfree on Saturday December 24, 2022 @04:58PM (#34121505)

If you plug in every night and miss a night you can almost certainly make it to work the next day, unless your a supercommuter with an older EV that had a small 24kWh pack.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by saturn_vk on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:01PM (#34121529)

But that's a thing you learn. Just like you learn to check your oil level before starting in a conventional vehicle. Everything has its own set of things you have to know

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by rapind on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:13PM (#34121643)

> Just like you learn to check your oil level before starting in a conventional vehicle.

Yeah, I (and everyone else) totally do that…

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by hn_go_brrrrr on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:28PM (#34121791)

Not even once.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by fshbbdssbbgdd on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:30PM (#34121799)

I’d estimate I have driven cars 10,000 times and I have never done that. Just take it to a mechanic every 5k miles. And nothing that touches the oil has ever gone wrong.

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