Posted on 12/14/2013 3:59:04 PM PST by chiller
Engineering breakthroughs like the Tesla Model S may be burning up the electric car market (figuratively and literally), but they’re leaving drivers cold and under-powered in the face of Old Man Winter.
Cold temperatures have adverse effects on batteries, slowing down the incoming and outgoing flow of energy and inevitably losing some in the process. The 250-mile average range of an electric car in normal climate conditions can see its performance reduced by 70-miles on a single charge in average winter conditions. The colder it gets, the shorter than range.
Not only that, the average winter driver tends to turn up the heat — a function that also puts a draw on the battery uncommon during other seasons.
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Shows what you know.
Your psychic abilities are every bit as good as your command of science and technology.
BWAHAHAHAHAHHA…except of course we the tax payers subsidized this circle jerk
You are in better shame than I am!
The electric car has no waste heat to warm the cabin, and makes heat with resistance heating...like a hair dryer. That uses a lot of juice.
So if they added one of those fancy internal combustion engine things, this would be a decent car? You ought to send these Tesla folks a note. They might give you a big reward.
Shame??? Shape!!!
I remember reading about colonials throwing a brick or a potato in the fire. They would take the hot brick wrapped in a blanket to keep their tootsies warm in the sleigh ride home. Maybe the Tesla folks could pass that tip along as well.
They can also refuel in less than 10 minutes and be on their way again. You can’t.
I'll bet even a Honda 50CC engine with a water cooled manifold/converter would make enough heat, and it could run an recharge generator while the thing was parked at work.
Many RaceTrac and QT locations.
Many Texas refineries actually are self-powered now and can fill trucks. I don’t know about the rest of the country (and could not care less) but Texas can run just fine in that scenario.
That why a) they do it neighborhood by neighborhood and b) why many a/c systems monitor the power and won't kick on until the line voltage stabilizes.
To make the argument that electric cars will inevitably cause problems that will keep the grid down is to assume that the power companies won't change anything in response to an on going and predictable increase in baseline demand.
That's as silly as a liberal politician assuming than no one will change their behavior to adapt of a doubling of their tax rate.
Nasty little secret about those - they can’t charge from the photovoltaics fast enough to charge those cars in real-time. Once their initial reserve runs down at the station, they’re almost as screwed.
I sooooo want to move to Texas!
“I own an 85 kwh Tesla Model S.”
Nice to see I am not the only owner of an electric car here. I have a Nissan Leaf. On my commute of 45 miles I lose about 7 miles in the winter. All seats are heated (even the rear seats) and the steering wheel. The air conditioner in the summer does not seem to have any effect on range. Don’t gas vehicles have less mileage due to the winter blend of gasoline?
Tesla might not be around much longer, though. They’re starting to play some very strange games with their books which is bringing into question their long term survival.
Of course. But I bet a patient man could charge for a couple hours and be on his way. I’ve never seen one with all the bays full, so there might be a little excess capacity available (for now).
It might be more available than gasoline for a while anyway.
Remember the Carter years? Some gas stations would run dry and then couldn’t be resupplied because stalled cars were blocking tanker truck access!
That’s too bad. I’m driving a 19 year old gas sipper, and doubtless would never own a Tesla, but I’d like the freedom to be able buy whatever my little heart desired.
Developers experimented with electric cars around the same time they worked with the internal combustion engine. For some reason they took gasoline power and ran with it.
Thank you Mr. Churchill. :-)
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