About getting stuck in the freezing cold in a 3-hour traffic jam with your #Evehicle. ⚡
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@SirHendrick This image makes an interesting point. Although I think heating or cooling a small cabin doesn't drain the life out of a battery as fast as it does driving for 3 hours.
A static vehicle doesn't consume much energy, it's mostly acceleration that pricey, maintaining speed is cheap compared to that. So slow moving traffic and constantly moving and breaking is what is going to fuck it over.
@xyfdi @SirHendrick I know someone who owned an early Tesla- heat was resistive and severely impacted mileage per charge. Later models use an electric heat pump off the AC compressor- more efficient but still impacts mileage and they don’t work well below freezing ambient temperatures. So he would wear heavy jackets and gloves to save mileage.