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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Batteries do worse in the cold. With gas cars the battery required to start the car can struggle to turn over in cold enough weather. With an electric car you mostly see reduction in range as they usually have enough juice to start up and with diesel you need to preheat the fuel because it gets more viscous as the temperature drops.
For the record when they say “really cold” they don’t mean like 32F 0C but instead closer to 0F -18C.
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