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If you were to plug in every night I wouldn’t think it would be an issue. That assumes that’s a possibility for you. Unlike a gas car, when an EV is stationary
by MBCook 4y ago
If you were to plug in every night I wouldn’t think it would be an issue. That assumes that’s a possibility for you.
Unlike a gas car, when an EV is stationary it’s using basically no energy. Climate and the computers would still be running but relative to driving at a normal speed that’s not much at all.
So even if you were stuck in a traffic jam you may still be better off because you’re not losing ‘fuel’ as fast as an idling gas car.
During the 2021 winter there were articles about how people were afraid they’d freeze to death in an EV if trapped in a massive traffic jam for a very long time. As I remember papers looked into it and found the EVs would actually keep you warm much longer because of how little energy the climate system used compared to keeping a full engine running enough to heat the cabin.
- yuppie_scum 4y agohttps://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38807463/tesla-model-3-climate-control-cold-weather-test/ https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38807463/tesla-model-3-cl...
- idontwantthis 4y agoThat model also didn't have the heatpump, which is huge. It should last much longer than the gas car with a pump instead of all resistive heat.