In cold weather, gas-powered cars outperform electric vehicles
- Low temperatures can reduce an EV's range by as much as 50 percent
- Essentially, both cold weather and wind resistance can drastically reduce the driving range of an electric car
- If you live in a part of the country where the winters are cold and windy, you'd constantly have to recharge your EV just to keep it from dying on you
Hoover concluded his errands and arrived back at his neighborhood, he said he finished his trip with 37 miles of range left.
- "We started with 149 and we went 64 miles," he said. "So that's 120 miles of Range in 60 or so miles - towing nothing. It's just cold outside."
After discussing the problem further, Hoover said, "Rob, the other half of ownership on this, drives around all day for work. He's a liquor rep, stops in dozens of liquor stores over the course of a week. So he is barely keeping up when it comes to charging at home and the range of this truck in winter, and it is stressing him out. So, we're thinking it may be time to dump this thing."
- And dump it they did.
EV range problems in cold weather
- EV range is the No. 1 problem EV owners face
- The colder it is, the more range you lose
- All electric vehicles experience energy decreases in cold temperatures due to battery cell chemistry
- To preserve battery power, Ford advises owners to park in a garage and to keep the truck plugged in when it's parked
The United States is not ready to transition to an EV-dominated country
- EVs are expensive and energy-inefficient
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