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The Hottest Electric Vehicles Leave Winter Drivers Out in the Cold
The Daily Caller ^ | 12/14/13 | Giuseppe Macri

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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To: Reaganez

It’s still a toy with components assembled from Japan, Korea and Mexico.


61 posted on 12/14/2013 5:05:20 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: Chode
Ya. That was an option on the VWs. Apparently it used a spark plug to ignite the gasoline.

Slowly freezing to death while being asphyxiated or a quick fiery death! Lol.

62 posted on 12/14/2013 5:08:19 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: McGruff
I never thought of a car without a normal heater.

You never had an old VW Beetle or a Corvair.

63 posted on 12/14/2013 5:08:41 PM PST by Right Wing Assault
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To: McGruff
I never thought of a car without a normal heater.

Sounds like you never owned a Volkswagon Beetle. Worse than freezing your buns off in winter, the driver sat upright in the seat and close to the nearly vertical windshield. The windshield would ice over on the inside. Shivering with limited visibility was no way to navigate winter roads.

64 posted on 12/14/2013 5:09:09 PM PST by IamConservative (The soul of my lifes journey is Liberty!)
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To: Reaganez

And the stock is red-hot too, right?


65 posted on 12/14/2013 5:09:36 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: chiller

“.Winter driving warning” and “Another way to stay toasty on long trips without running heat,” where owners recommend winter motorcycle wear and snowmobile suits.”

The DUH moment .... why not just buy a motorcycle?


66 posted on 12/14/2013 5:11:53 PM PST by RetiredTexasVet (Some people might call it a confidence game or swindle, others call it ObamaCare!)
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To: dhs12345
yup, like i said, i was scared sh!tless every time i turned it on...
67 posted on 12/14/2013 5:13:02 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: Reaganez
Model S runs on American natural gas, coal, nuclear, solar, hydro,and wind electricity whose price is determined by American supply and demand.

I'm interested in the coal and hydro that powers your Model S....

Do you have to start the coal fire yourself? and do u have to drive close to a river to use the hydro feature??

68 posted on 12/14/2013 5:13:22 PM PST by M-cubed
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To: jjotto

Model S is a high performance sedan with highest NHTSA safety ratings that has yet to suffer 1 death, paralysis, loss of limb, second or third degree burns. That can transport up to 5 adults plus two kids in comfort and silence. Like a Japanese made Lexus LS460 or German made MB S-Class but better.

As of now 55% of Model S content is made in the USA. Like all modern cars components are globally sourced. But Tesla is designing a battery factory to open in about four years.

After the Battery Factory opens US content will jump to about 90%.


69 posted on 12/14/2013 5:14:39 PM PST by Reaganez
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To: Reaganez

>> “Gas powered cars do not run on natural gas or coal” <<

.
In California we have more than a million vehicles that run on natural gas. And they go farther on that gas than an electric tub can because there is no transmission loss like there is with electricity.


70 posted on 12/14/2013 5:14:56 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they'd be)
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To: Reaganez

hehe

As long as you don’t have to go very far...


71 posted on 12/14/2013 5:16:40 PM PST by jjotto ("Ya could look it up!")
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To: RetiredTexasVet
pay $70,000+ and STILL have to wear a snowsuit, too funny...
72 posted on 12/14/2013 5:17:57 PM PST by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: chiller

electricity,
or OPEC oil.

take your pick.


73 posted on 12/14/2013 5:21:48 PM PST by RockyTx
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To: jjotto

I just made a trip to Vancouver and back to Los Angeles.


74 posted on 12/14/2013 5:23:47 PM PST by Reaganez
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To: dhs12345

“Ever driven a VW bug? Lol.”

Yes, used to ski with a friend here in CA who had one. They are actually pretty good in the snow for a two wheel drive vehicle, but the heater consisted of directing the air that’s drawn over the cylinders by the engine cooling fan into a couple of floor-moiunted ducts that both heat the passenger compartment and defrost the windshield. We took lots of dry rags to wipe off the inside of the windshield and a stout scraper to get the ice off the other side. The sun roof came in handy for the required scraping while under way. going to Tahoe was usually an “adventure.”


75 posted on 12/14/2013 5:24:29 PM PST by vette6387
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To: Reaganez

so your generators run on coal or nuclear?


76 posted on 12/14/2013 5:24:58 PM PST by kvanbrunt2 (i don't believe any court in this country is operating lawfully anyway)
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To: Chode
Damn. I heard that they mounted it right under the driver's seat, too. No chance of escape if the thing blew. Lol.

Did your bug also get the windshield fluid pressure from the spare tire. You had to hook a tube up to the spare tire. You probably had to remember to fill the spare tire every month or so.

Those silly Germans!

77 posted on 12/14/2013 5:27:47 PM PST by dhs12345
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To: Reaganez

” But the USA is a net importer of Oil. 50% of our oil as of last month was imported”

Wrong again. If you are referring to heavy sour crude,yes, we do import. Light sweet crude is backed up in Gulf Coast refineries and is all domestically produced


78 posted on 12/14/2013 5:28:03 PM PST by Figment
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To: Reaganez

“If it drops much below that they are not profitable and wells are capped.”

Are you now going to tell us about “capping “ oil wells? What exactly is that and how is it done?


79 posted on 12/14/2013 5:32:44 PM PST by Figment
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To: chiller

The friction is between the electrons and the heating element wire.


80 posted on 12/14/2013 5:35:04 PM PST by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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