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The cold still damages your EV’s battery. It is still, after all, a lithium ion battery.
by mise_en_place 4y ago
The cold still damages your EV’s battery. It is still, after all, a lithium ion battery.
- voisin 4y agoThe battery is heated to avoid that damage though. Nothing does this in an ICE car.
- sebastien_b 4y agoSome ICE cars have block heaters for this similar purpose.
- foepys 4y agoWhile true, how long can the car heat the batteries before it's practically unusable because the battery has depleted so much you need to charge it again before driving to work? Not everybody has a charging port at home, especially in Europe.
- Gigachad 4y agoSince you likely have it plugged in while it’s at home. Perpetually.
- cuu508 4y agoWhat is the approx. power draw when the car is plugged in, fully charged, and the ambient temperature is around freezing?
- lazide 4y agoHeating a 75kw battery up from -17F to 77F uses about 3kwh. So about 3-4%. This is not a significant concern, frankly.
- ggreer 4y agoI lost a couple percent per day when leaving my car parked in 10°F weather. It’s about the same as enabling sentry mode. If the car is plugged in– even to a typical 120V wall plug– it’ll charge and warm the battery even in single digit temps.