Real-life test reveals how much range EVs lose in the cold

18 January 2023
Some vehicles come closer to the advertised range than others.

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Finn, 18 Jan 2023Where is Tesla 3 and Y ?In for repair

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So only China gets the nice i3 with it's incredible efficiency ? that car can get 10kwh/100km in summer with eco driving. that's just stunning.

yalim, 25 Jan 2023battery performance degrates at cold. plain and simple. yes,the characteristics are the same a... moreYeah, as stated in my previous post, not true.
Probably the most range affecting things in winter are heating and lack / massive reduction of regenerative breaking ... and winter tires ofc.
Battery output performance is the least of the winter problems.

Fearghast, 19 Jan 2023True ... true, every smartphone has 70 kWh battery, own dedicated cooling/heating system, HVAC... morebattery performance degrates at cold. plain and simple. yes,the characteristics are the same as expected.

yalim, 19 Jan 2023this is no surprise. use a smartphone outside in winter and see if it can survive till afterno... moreTrue ... true, every smartphone has 70 kWh battery, own dedicated cooling/heating system, HVAC, inventors, recuperation ... basically the same thing.

this is no surprise. use a smartphone outside in winter and see if it can survive till afternoon. same story for EV.

Finn, 18 Jan 2023Where is Tesla 3 and Y ?They were tested in these conditions long time ago - you just have to use search button .. or google :-D

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Where is Tesla 3 and Y ?