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submitted 8 months ago by sik0fewl@kbin.social to c/canada@lemmy.ca

While 'range anxiety' used to be a factor in purchasing an electric vehicle years ago, consumers have less to worry about when it comes to how far their EV can go, experts say.

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[-] boblin@infosec.pub 8 points 8 months ago

Mine has a precondition option that can both heat the cabin and warm up the battery while still plugged in (a warm battery will give you better range). The heaters keep up, and in fact can warm the cabin faster than on ICE: The latter uses waste heat from the engine, the EV just uses a heating element like a space heater for home would.

[-] GreyEyedGhost@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago

Some of the newer cars have a heat pipe from the batteries to the cabin, so waste heat from discharging the batteries also keeps the cabin warm and improves winter ranges.

[-] lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca 5 points 8 months ago

Does that only work while plugged in?

[-] FunderPants@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

You can precondition the car plugged in or not. If it's really cold you will want to plug it in, so you use wall electricity to heat the car instead of the battery.

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