The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter

Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by rad_gruchalski on Sunday December 25, 2022 @06:19AM (#34126250)

You don’t need to idle the car for 10 minutes to scrape the ice off. You can scrape it off with the engine off.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by nottorp on Sunday December 25, 2022 @06:35AM (#34126327)

For the good of the engine maybe. For the good of the driver... when you're finished scraping off it's better inside. Plus the windows kinda warmed up so it's easier to scrape.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by rad_gruchalski on Sunday December 25, 2022 @07:20AM (#34126605)

Not sure what is the assumption. I have the opportunity to scrape the ice off of the car many times a year.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by justsomehnguy on Sunday December 25, 2022 @08:06AM (#34126908)

Depends on the weather. There were a multiple times when the running engine heating up the windshield was the necessary prerequisite to scrape the ice off.

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by nottorp on Sunday December 25, 2022 @08:12AM (#34126945)

Its just that I care more about my comfort than wear on the engine

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Re:The cold hard truth about electric vehicles in winter by msrenee on Sunday December 25, 2022 @09:57PM (#34134074)

I've definitely had a serious enough layer of ice on the windshield that my nice scraper was an exercise in futility. Maybe 2-3 times a year, but it's a thing.

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