i had a real German VW where the heater ran off of the gas tank... used to scare the hell out of me
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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As a little kid, I remember seeing snow flakes blowing in through the cutout for the heater. Not much heat there. Lol.
My old VW Karman Ghia had a heat exchanger heater. Pretty useless. I had an ice scraper for the INSIDE of the windshield and a “VW coat.” The coat was a down hunting jacket good to “20 below.” The car always started, though. Even in the coldest of temps.
There ya go... ya got me reminiscing.
Natural gas.
How about firing up that gas guzzler SUV and problem solved!
At least you didn't claim the energy required to create the electricity needed to fuel your Tesla is free.
And, as of 2013, we're exporting oil, not importing.
>> “Money to fuel my car does not bolster the international price of oil and get filtered to Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and Al Qaeda.” <<
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You couldn’t possibly be more wrong.
All forms of electric generation are inefficient.
Electric transmission is very inefficient.
Most utilities use some type of fossil fuel to generate electricity. It takes more of that fossil fuel to get the energy to your car than it would take to simply burn the fuel in the car’s IC engine to create the motive force.
Those are the facts and they are not going away.
Your mode of self-gratifying transit is a disaster for the world.
Are you nuts?
Yes, Alaska exports a lot of oil to Japan and to China.
Sometimes we even export to Mexico.
But the USA is a net importer of Oil. 50% of our oil as of last month was imported. And the prices are not determined domestically.
What's the name..... K something or other.
The US has been a net exporter for all of 2013 added up.
You could not possibly be more wrong.
I fill my battery pack with $10 and get about 275 miles on average. And my local utility makes money.
A typical luxury sedan takes $85 of gas to do that.
A 4 cycle compact would take about $40 in gas.
The proof is in the pudding.
Oil shale...or haven't you heard.
Postal delivery trucks in Fairbanks have an additional propane powered heater due to the fact of the cold,often colder than -40F, window has be open for delivery a lot.
Other than its just a plain stupid idea even operating an electric car in the cold there is the option of fabricating a camping heater, I know I could as I fabricate stuff like this all the time.
Now my 2012 Chevy Equinox has a 2.4 Direct Injected engine, Flex Fuel, E85 compatible, and that little engine cranks out a TON of heat, even last week when I saw -17F it was so efficient I had to constantly turn it down.
I would not mind owning a Tesla sports car but like my motorcycles I ride them seasonally only in Alaska, same for the electric, its only good in temperate weather periods. Which means its only good for about 4 months of the year.
The US is not a net exporter of oil.
And current projections by the oil industry is that this oil boom will last about 10 years. And then begin a dramatic drop.
This surge is only possible if oil remains in the $75-$100 range. If it drops much below that they are not profitable and wells are capped.
You’re insane!
I would suggest a coal stove myself.
i had a real German VW where the heater ran off of the gas tank... used to scare the hell out of me
You are absolutely ignorant.
Last month US oil production topped imports for the first time in generations. Just barely, that means for the month 50.000001% of the oil used in the USA was domestic and 49.99999999 was imported.
That does not mean we are a net exporter.
The US is a net exporter of fossil fuel.
That includes natural gas, of which we are about to become the world’s largest source.
You are in the dark.
I could be mistaken, but oil shale production has clearly made US an exporter of energy. Lots of natural gas.
I do believe the oil exports also exceed imports. The Saudi's know it, and don't like it.
And where does your electricity come form, the juice fairy? Sheesh
Yes, the US is a net exporter of natural gas and coal.
Gas powered cars do not run on natural gas or coal.
Electric cars do.
Americans should buy cars powered by natural gas and coal.
The fuel we have in abundance.
Not oil. Not oil derived gas that we have to import whose price is largely determined by America’s enemies.
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