[chiller]

Article wraps with solutions:

...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 ???

[cableguymn]

libs have been programming themselves for that for a while now.

I remember having to hitch a ride from a lib in a geo metro. 10 minutes in to our ride I could see the temp gauge at normal temp but it was still freezing in the car.

When asked the idiot to turn the heat on he said “wastes energy, leave it off to save gas”..

I thought about explaining to him that heat is created by the engine, even a tiny as it was, it would continue to create more and by not using the heater in the car the car will simply dump the heat out of the radiator under the hood.. but.. I figured it was pointless. I just froze my ass off the next 15 minutes of the drive.

Yes, he even scraped the ice off the INSIDE of the windshield.

[TigersEye]

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.

Wheels spinning on ice and snow will use up the charge. More use of the wipers and more use of the lights too.

[clearcarbon]

"The Hottest Electric Vehicles Leave Winter Drivers Out in the Cold"

Not unexpected. Perhaps someday the greenies will get around to inventing the internal combustion engine.

[Political Junkie Too]

But they drove with pride.

-PJ

[Nuc 1.1]

What 250 mile average range for an electric car? If they could do that they would be selling like hot cakes.

[omega4179]

I have invented a vehicle that overcomes this obstacle, because instead of batteries it uses a concentrated liquid fuel that works in all temperatures.

[Revel]

So that reduction in mileage could be considered lost Energy?

The truth about batteries is that during charging energy is lost in the form of heat. The older the battery then less and less energy put in gets returned in power out. Batteries are very inefficient.

[stylin19a]

The 250-mile average range of an electric car in normal climat

is that true ?

[gitmo]

It looks like the AC would be even worse.

[Nifster]

BWAHAHAHAHAHHA…except of course we the tax payers subsidized this circle jerk

[gitmo]

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.

[Smokin' Joe]

I said this when these things started appearing on the market.... I live in North Dakota, where winter will kill you if you get stranded. No power, no heat, snowdrifts? No way.

[trebb]

Gives some credence to the old joke about saving electricity by turning off your car radio...

[Awgie]

Thanks Lefties...My low-flow toilet doesn't flush, My florescent light bulbs are toxic and give me headaches, My battery operated car leaves me stranded in a snow bank and my Health Insurance just got canceled.

Can't wait for your next Big Gov Utopian anti Free-Market ideas.

[stboz]

The dreaded Gibbs-Helmholtz equation strikes again.