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I’m pulling this out of really old knowledge I’ve not looked over in years so may be incorrect… While you are right about “not well”, the other option can ofte
by s5300 5y ago
I’m pulling this out of really old knowledge I’ve not looked over in years so may be incorrect…
While you are right about “not well”, the other option can often be “not at all”
The batteries used in most EV’s should always work to some degree, with regards to temperatures experienced on Earth - the batteries & other systems in most ICE can be completely crippled/not work at all under certain temps faced on Earth
Now, you can specifically go out of your way to ruggedize all systems in your ICE so it works to a much better degree than the EV, but the average person is definitely not doing that.
- kube-system 5y agoThe saving grace with ICE is that they are so inefficient that they literally are mostly heat generators that also produce some mechanical force as a significant byproduct. They might not like starting in the cold, but once they're started, they're fine.
- beerandt 5y agoThere's similar efficiency losses for EVs, but (besides battery efficiency or thermal penalties) they're just further upstream.