We Don’t Need No Frozen Sparky Cars

Weatherman2020

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If only someone could have foreseen it....
Science is hard.

A new AAA study finds that when the thermometer dropped to 20 degrees Fahrenheit, [EV] range fell by an average of 41 percent on the five models it tested.

“We found that the impact of temperature on EVs is significantly more than we expected,” said Greg Brannon, AAA’s director of automotive engineering.

Some EV drivers — including this correspondent — recently found that range can drop by half when the mercury tumbles into negative territory. The AAA study appears to be the first to have used standard, repeatable methodology to confirm the problem and compare the effect of winter temperatures on different models.

AAA confirms what electric car owners suspected — cold weather saps EV range
 
Were you under the impression that this actually surprised anyone?
 

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