Has Transport Canada put any Canadian crazy enough to buy an electric car (except a golf kart) under a “Mental Assessment Investigation”?
Solution: Wear a heavy coat and have a window scraper for the inside of the car and well as the outside. A tough sell when you are paying 50 grand for a car.
Hey, it is the nature of the beast — an electric car produces much less wasted energy in the form of heat. I bet that you run your battery down quickly by running an electric filament heater.
“Pull over and clear window before you drive!”
Well without a reliable source of heat it’s pretty darn hard to keep the windshield in a car from fogging and freezing up in really cold climates. Who didn’t see this coming?
Guess they could roll down the windows and let the temperature equalize on both sides of the glass, that should clear it right up!🥶
Notice that the left keeps after Tesla. They are non-union and cannot be allowed to thrive and yet they do.
Tesla’s appear to be best served where the temp stays as consistent as possible year round with no chances of power outages or rolling blackouts.
San Diego weather without the California politicians
Is there such a fairy tale land somewhere?
Well, that issue has taken a back burner now that the new goal is self-driving by GPS.
Teslas are built for the parts of California where it doesn’t freeze. Yet to be seen how EVs perform over the long run in cold climates. Suspect the batteries will run down fast and will wear out from frequent recharges. Simply would not depend on an EV if mandatory driving required more than 100 miles even with a “full” charge.
I’ve observed in years past that electric cars need a Webasto cabin heater with a 1-2 gallon diesel tank to provide extreme cold weather heating ability.
““Tesla is taking this cold weather climate problem very seriously”
They’re just becoming aware of the problem?
Also wow, the car has a heat pump! Not saying it’s bad idea but hadn’t heard that. Suppose that means a separate electric motor for it.
Great idea. January 3, 2022. Menlo Park, California. Tesla parked in garage and the charger caught fire. Nearly $1 million in damage to the home (hey, yeah, it's a modest middle class ranch house that probably sold for $35,000 when built...but it's Silicon Valley ranch house!).
Maybe there could be a “cold weather” variant of the car that has a small gas powered heater system. Use chemical energy for heat and the battery for powering the motor. This would also keep you from freezing if the battery dies and leaves you stranded somewhere.
So a toy car can’t keep you warm?
Interesting.
Someone didn’t do the research on what happens in cold weather with EV’s. And it wasn’t Tesla.
You buy a toy, don’t count on it. Sort of like expecting a Bugatti to be a daily driver.
Bicycles never have heat pump issues, nor do they run out of gas and never need recharging.
I wonder if the issue is Tesla switching from resistant heating to a combination AC/Heat Pump unit.
On a regular car, heat is provided by hot engine coolant, and the AC will run when in Defrost mode to remove moisture from the heated air. Thus you can have both heat and AC on at the same time.
With a combination AC/heat Pump, you run the compressor in one direction for air conditioning, and run it backwards for heating.
The advantage is that a Heat Pump is more efficient in providing heat than resistance heating, so you get the same heat with less battery drain.
The drawback is that you cannot dry out the heated air with a Heat Pump by using the AC. The pump can't run both directions at the same time.
