ElI5: Why do electric vehicles struggle in the cold?

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I’ve always heard that EVs are not a great option if you live in really cold areas due to them not being very efficient in the cold. Why is that? And do gas powered vehicles have the same issue?

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Dang man. No offense, truly just curious, but what’s your demographic? (i.e. country, age, etc) Cuz I forget this is an international community so sometimes I jump to conclusions with a lot of bias and assume everyone is a young, adult male living in the US. In assuming so, I get extremely worried when I come across such elementary questions such as this.

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