Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather

Re:Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather by kjellsbells on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @10:47AM (#39029302)

There's also a little psychology at play. On an ICE car, a full tank shows up as 300+ miles of range, and 48 miles of range would be a strong prompt to most driver to get to a gas station, even if they only needed to drive another 15 miles. People dont like thinking they could be caught short.

People also like to think that their car can get them out of any personal jam, eg, if they need to take a family membership to the hospital, they will simply assume that their car is going to be the mode of transporter, and anything that makes them think that an EV might not be able to cut it in that hypothetical is going to be damaging for the EV transition.

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Re:Electric Car Owners Confront a Harsh Foe: Cold Weather by natch on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @01:59PM (#39031864)

You can still keep your car charged at 80 or 90 percent even if you only drive 35 miles a day in your daily commute. The charge you add each night can be toward the top of the range, instead of always staying at the bottom of the range.

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