EV drivers discover fundamental flaw in battery tech as -30F temps hit the US

If you navigate to a supercharger it will precondition the battery as you approach.

For temperatures above -10C (14F), a car with heat pump will typically have a range drop of 20-30%, where a car without heat pump will have a somewhat higher range drop, but when temperatures go below that, the heat pump becomes increasingly less efficient.

Some cars will back a backup PTC heater, where others, like (recent) Tesla Model 3/Y/S will run a motor to generate "waste" heat.

Some cars will also scavenge waste heat from the battery, while others cannot.

Some personal experiences in -15C (5F) is that Tesla Model Y LR loses about 25% range, where a VW ID.4 Pro loses closer to 40% range, despite having a heat pump. Ranges are measured on the same stretch including city driving and highway driving.

Trains sacrifice drivetrain efficiency in order to get precise traction control to prevent wheel spin and to greatly simplify power routing to bogies. They make up for the efficiency loss with low rolling resistance steel wheels on steel track and really good aero due to long trains cars all drafting.

I have a kayak/bike trailer I use in the warm months. For my daily 35 miles commute I could use electricity and still have the capabilty to do long drives with all my kayak or biking stuff plus all the kids stuff.

I’m a huge BMW fan but the Model X was freaking awesome. The Model Y felt like a Ford Pinto with the hardest suspension you could find.

I guess you could go with say 10Kw generator and run a deficit and double your range while having to both charge and fill up fuel then your looking at around 1000 lbs dry and $10,000.

Rattlesnakes and black widow spiders are about it. The scorpions are the annoying but not lethal kind by me.

No deep freeze required... and there's no disease-spreading mosquitoes or tics to speak of any time of year.

You could say that about any decision about anything, so it's pretty meaningless. I live in northern Ontario. It's below 0F all this week, and that's on the warm side for this time of year. We usually get a week or two of -20F, and -30 is cold but not remarkable. And believe if or not, people _do_ choose to live in these climates, regardless of the ties you listed above.

I love winter. I love the stillness, I love being cozy inside, I love the feeling of braving the elements outside. Maybe it's a bit trite, but knowing that just being outside can literally kill you if you're not prepared for it tends to make you feel pretty alive. I love how everything dies or hibernates in the winter, and I love the renewal and rejuvenation that comes with spring.

And like a sibling comment pointed out, you can always put on more clothes to be comfortable, but you can only take off so many. I hate heat and humidity. I bike to work five days a week year-round and run outdoors all winter. Late summer when it's so hot and miserable to be outside is when I stop running.