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I wonder about really cold locales where ICE cars either need to be plugged into block warmers when not running (e.g. in Alaska/Northern Canada) or are kept on
by seanmcdirmid 1y ago
I wonder about really cold locales where ICE cars either need to be plugged into block warmers when not running (e.g. in Alaska/Northern Canada) or are kept on constantly and/or put into car blankets (Russia Far East). Heck, I guess in Yakutsk, the trouble of keeping your oil/petrol/engine from freezing (hence the car blankets and a system that turns them on when they get too cold), an EV might pay off big in terms of being able to plug in when parked (and...you just need to top off the charge your battery is losing), although I guess a heat pump wouldn't be very effective in -50C?
- audunw 1y agoThere are many parts of Norway where it’s hard or impossible to start diesel cars without block heaters. EVs are indeed much easier to start and more reliable. The postal service changes all jts vehicles on Svalbard to electric. Svalbard is an island close to the North Pole. I think many EVs have resistive heating elements as backup to the heat pump? But it’s brutal on range of course.
- seanmcdirmid 1y agoYa, it makes me think that EVs are going to be even more popular in really cold climates, not less.