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To be clear, this article is fucking trash. EVs fare better in cold climates than ICE cars. They never fail to start. You don’t need a block heater. You can pr
by iknowstuff 3y ago
To be clear, this article is fucking trash.
EVs fare better in cold climates than ICE cars. They never fail to start. You don’t need a block heater. You can pre-warm them in your garage. You lose some range, that’s it.
The reason those chargers failed has nothing to do with batteries and does NOT reveal “cold hard truth” about EVs. Half the superchargers across chicago were disabled in unison - could have been due to grid stability reasons.
- alphabettsy 3y agoI’ve never had a ICE car fail to start in the cold in the Midwest, nor can I think of it happening to anyone in my family, and yet we have people in the Chicago suburbs with that problem in their EVs. There are lots of good things about EVs in winter. I definitely like the ability to prewarm the cabin while it’s on the garage.
- cozzyd 3y agoNot everyone has a garage
- iknowstuff 3y agoI mean, you can prewarm them outside too lol. Teslas are always connected