...Winter driving warning” and “Another way to stay toasty on long trips without running heat,” where owners recommend winter motorcycle wear and snowmobile suits.
Duh...why didn't I think of that ???
Who said liberalism is a disease ? Savage, I think.
LOL what a bunch of morons.
So with the heat turned up those forty mile electrics can only go to the end of the block.
“...turn up the heat — a function that also puts a draw on the battery uncommon during other seasons.”
Doesn’t high AC use in FL, TX, AZ etc summers, do the same draw to the battery?
My 2002 Grand Cherokee ‘Laredo’ has a vastly smaller battery than an electric car, and doesn’t suffer in any month, from either high ac or heater usage. Why would a vehicle which is 10-15% battery, run-down so fast?
Just wondering.
I can safely predict that there will *never* be an electric vehicle in my driveway.And as far as hybrids go I *might* consider a *diesel* hybrid but *never* a gasoline one.
How about a pallet of hot hands hand warmers
The Tesla, like most electric cars, is a rich person’s toy.
As for the Tesla being attractive and fast, there are a lot of beautiful and fast sedans once that $100,000 neighborhood is reached. The Porsche Panamera is about the same size and price.
I suppose they could always carry a gasolene heater
with them of course a wood stove would be greener.
I own an 85 kwh Tesla Model S.
I can get up to 300 miles of range.
20% reduction if it is really cold if you preheat the car while it is plugged in.
Worst case scenario is 230 miles of range if it below freezing and you have to warm the car on the road.
Norway has the highest per capital Tesla ownership in the world.
Money to fuel my car does not bolster the international price of oil and get filtered to Iran, Russia, Venezuela, and Al Qaeda.
I'm not defending electric vehicles, but this line is bull. The average summer driver tends to turn up the air conditioning - a function that also puts a draw on the battery uncommon during other seasons.
Cold drains batteries. The Pope is Catholic. Bears crap in the woods.
My guess is that a Tesla wouldn't have done nearly as well.
If drivers can carefully plan their charge times and stops, the problem can largely be avoided.
It only means that instead of getting into your car and driving to the store where you need to buy a certain item, you need to fire up your computer first, start Google Earth, and schedule your trip in great detail. You have to check the temperature along the route, and all possible detours that you may be forced to take, and all possible traffic problems (current or future.) You must also account for the time of the day because headlights need power too. The state of the road surface also matters - is it dry, wet, icy, or has snow on it. Finally, you need to calculate the temperature of the battery pack along the route; specifically, account for the time that you spend at the store because the car will cool down. (Make sure there are no lines to the cash registers.)
This can't possibly take more than an hour or two of your time. But certainly "Saving the Planet" is worth it. Once you are armed with all that knowledge you can then figure out if your luxury car can make it there or not. If it can't, stay at home. Tell yourself that you didn't really want to go anyway. If it can, go to your destination, and hope that nothing ever goes wrong. Have a phone number of a friendly towing service at hand.
Summer driving in hot states will produce similar results.
Air conditioners will drain the batteries & hot batteries can explode.
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.
I would suggest a coal stove myself.
“.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?
electricity,
or OPEC oil.
take your pick.
1. Gasoline-burning heaters instead of electric heaters.
2. Electrically heated suits like those that were used in the old WWII unpressurized, unheated B-17s. Heat only the driver, not the whole cabin.