Mach E Idled For 12 Hours in Sub Freezing Test

[okfine]

Take what you want from this guys test.
It's a pretty good read no matter.

I Idled in an Electric Car for 12 Hours in the Freezing Cold to See What Would Happen

The I-95 shutdown ignited a debate about EVs in winter, so I did an extraordinarily mundane test

www.insidehook.com

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Take what you want from this guys test.
It's a pretty good read no matter.

I Idled in an Electric Car for 12 Hours in the Freezing Cold to See What Would Happen

The I-95 shutdown ignited a debate about EVs in winter, so I did an extraordinarily mundane test

www.insidehook.com

But i thought the world was warming up?

 

[daveman]

Still don't want one. Besides, my old Town & Country with a full 20-gallon tank, getting an average of 19 mpg, has twice the range of that Mach E. And it'll hold a hell of a lot more cargo.

 

[Mikeoxenormous]

Still don't want one. Besides, my old Town & Country with a full 20-gallon tank, getting an average of 19 mpg, has twice the range of that Mach E. And it'll hold a hell of a lot more cargo.

My hybrid Highlander gets 27mpg and has tons of room.

 

[daveman]

My hybrid Highlander gets 27mpg and has tons of room.

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Yay you.

 

[FA_Q2]

Still don't want one. Besides, my old Town & Country with a full 20-gallon tank, getting an average of 19 mpg, has twice the range of that Mach E. And it'll hold a hell of a lot more cargo.

Range is and will be the major stumbling block for awhile. 200 miles simply is nowhere near long enough without the infrastructure or even the technology for charging that is as fast as a visit to the gas station.

I need to travel 4500 miles in 3 1500 mile segments once each year. An electric car flatly cannot meet that need and the frank reality is that most people do something like this at generally regular intervals.

 

[skookerasbil]

Its a $60,000 car



The majority........by far............cant afford them.

One thing that you find invariably with the EV Cheerleaders: costs never matter. But to the vast majority, costs matter.

 

[elektra]

Nice, the guy proved you would be safe in a brand new prototype not available ever to the public in your driveway.

Try that in a two year old Tesla, stranded in temperatures below zero, for 12 hours, in a place where you will not be able to walk into the house to pee and get a cup of coffee.

 

[Ringo]

Reason to clean the car from snow

 

[skookerasbil]

Hey Rocks......not sure if you saw....

So after a year of being strongly anti-jab, I'm coming around to thinking maybe I had it all wrong....

I'm becoming a believer....