AAA: Cold weather can cut electric car range over 40 per cent

[Frood]

Exactly, and newer batteries too.

That too. How do we contain the toxic hazards of old batteries. The world is having a hard enough time now with electronic waste.



I know some countries have ambitious plans for e-vehicles, but unless there are huge engineering changes, I don't see how theycan completely supplant combustible engines.

I agree and there's the environmental cost of trying to power these vehicles once built, with solar, wind, and tidal.



We simply can't put up enough of such things for our populations and if we could, we'd make our planet into a death zone due to stalled weather, wind, tides, and photosynthesis, not to mention the heat it would generate.



Our cleaner energy salvation is off planet, and future technology. Not now. Trying it now would be suicide.

[Anonymous]

Electric vehicles don't seem like the right type of vehicles for Western Canada's extreme winters.



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DETROIT -- Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40 per cent when interior heaters are used, a new study found.



The study of five electric vehicles by AAA also found that high temperatures can cut into battery range, but not nearly as much as the cold. The range returns to normal in more comfortable temperatures.



Many owners discovered the range limitations last week when much of the country was in the grips of a polar vortex. Owners of vehicles made by manufacturers including Tesla, the top-selling electric vehicle company in the U.S., complained on social media about reduced range and frozen door handles during the cold snap.



As long as drivers understand that there are limitations when operating electric vehicles in more extreme climates, they are less likely to be caught off guard by an unexpected drop in driving range," Greg Brannon, AAA's director of automotive engineering, said in a statement.



AAA tested the BMW i3s, Chevrolet Bolt and Nissan Leaf from the 2018 model year, and the 2017 Tesla Model S 75D and Volkswagen e-Golf. All have a range of at least 100 miles per charge. They were tested on a dynamometer, which is like a treadmill, in a climate-controlled cell.



The automobile club tested the cars at 20 degrees and 95 degrees, comparing the range to when they were tested at 75 degrees Fahrenheit, according to a report on the study.



At 20 degrees, the average driving range fell by 12 per cent when the car's cabin heater was not used. When the heater was turned on, the range dropped by 41 per cent, AAA said.

No surprises here. I don't need a study to know batteries don't last long in Winnipeg winters.

[Bricktop]

Cold weather? Bah!!!



Batteries last no time at all when you have grandchildren.

[Anonymous]

Cold weather? Bah!!!



Batteries last no time at all when you have grandchildren.

I can't wait to wear out batteries that way.

 ac_smile

[Bricktop]

I keep a supply of all sizes, but especially AA's.



Battery operated cars, drones, dolls, helicopters and sundry other toys mainly use them.



And they all seem to drain their batteries at the grandparents house!!!

[Anonymous]

I'm not ready for pure electric. If I was younger, I'd buy a hybrid.

[Anonymous]

Electric vehicles are useless in cold weather, and have no power. I don't see any Saskatchewan farmers driving fruity Nissan Leafs.

[Bricktop]

Why is it called a "Leaf"?



Is that because every other car on the road "leaf's" it behind?



Geddit? Geddit?



 

[Anonymous]

Why is it called a "Leaf"?



Is that because every other car on the road "leaf's" it behind?



Geddit? Geddit?



 

No, it went right over my head.

[Bricktop]

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[Gaon]

I drive an older F-150. An electric car makes no sense for me. I need a truck to carry my tools.

[Bricktop]

Talk to Joe if you need a tool to drive your truck.

[Anonymous]

Talk to Joe if you need a tool to drive your truck.

 

[Zetsu]

Now that gas has dropped to about a dollar $CAD per litre in Markham, think I'm gonna stick back to my civic hybrid, but most important the tax rebate is now gone for good, lol.

[Anonymous]

Now that gas has dropped to about a dollar $CAD per litre in Markham, think I'm gonna stick back to my civic hybrid, but most important the tax rebate is now gone for good, lol.

How much was the electric vehicle subsidy in Ontario.