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Re:What Happened to EVs? by nostrademons on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:18PM (#38862938)
Apparently people are noticing very steep drop-offs in observed range based on temperature, eg. a Mazda CX-90 (26 mile rated range, and gets it pretty consistently at 70F) can only go around 12 miles at 40F.

https://old.reddit.com/r/MazdaCX90/comments/18ib2cz/battery_...

A big component of it is heater use. In an ICE vehicle, you heat the car with waste heat that is going to be lost anyway. In an EV, you heat the car with energy from the battery. Heating takes up way more energy than most people realize.

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Re:What Happened to EVs? by darknavi on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:23PM (#38862962)
It's been a pretty cool area to see innovation in. Newer Teslas (Model Y at least) have a really complex heat pump system that really helps reduce range loss dude to cold weather.
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Re:What Happened to EVs? by Yhippa on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @11:51PM (#38863141)
That is a shame. I was looking at that SUV and 40F isn't too terribly cold around where I live. That stinks that it over halves the range of the PHEV.
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Re:What Happened to EVs? by sitkack on Thursday January 04, 2024 @04:31AM (#38864999)
It depends on vehicle.
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