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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:35PM (#34121844)
No. That's a waste of a useful resource. It's also illegal in various places.
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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by gambiting on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:37PM (#34121858)
Well, I envy wherever you live then, must be nice in winter!
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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by kevin_thibedeau on Saturday December 24, 2022 @06:24PM (#34122265)
It's 13F right now. I can afford clothing.
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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by simfree on Saturday December 24, 2022 @05:43PM (#34121909)
Driving with an iced over window impairing visibility is illegal in most places, you have to address this with defrosting and perhaps scraping before moving the vehicle.

Idling combustion vehicles is bad, but sometimes it's a necessary evil to ensure visibility so the driver can avoid harming other road users.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by avar on Saturday December 24, 2022 @07:49PM (#34122869)
> Idling combustion vehicles is bad.

Not really, you're spending a fraction of the fuel you'd use per minute if you were driving.

So, in terms of pollution it's no worse than taking a short detour to wherever you were going.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by jsjohnst on Sunday December 25, 2022 @01:08AM (#34124833)
> > Idling combustion vehicles is bad.

> Not really

Yes it is, it’s bad on the engine.

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