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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by neon_electro on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:07PM (#34121588)
Do you just assume all EVs lose massive amounts of battery state of charge while unplugged? There's a reason Tesla vehicles lose battery while parked and unplugged; they have cameras and other computer systems continuing to run, sapping power.

On the other hand, I have driven a 2018 Bolt EV for 4 years, 48k miles, and never once had an issue with the car being unplugged and returning to a car with less range than I left it.

Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by kalleboo on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:55AM (#34125054)
I was under the impression that Teslas will spend a bunch of energy keeping the battery pack from freezing even when parked and unplugged.

It seems like the Bolt only runs the battery heater when the car is on https://www.torquenews.com/8861/my-chevy-bolt-ev-sat-unplugg...