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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 consisten
by nostrademons 3y ago
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_range_is_only_12_miles_fully_charged/ 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.
- darknavi 3y agoIt'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.
- Yhippa 3y agoThat 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.
- sitkack 3y agoIt depends on vehicle.