“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?
>> Don’t gas vehicles have less mileage due to the winter blend of gasoline?
The biggest seasonal effect on gas mileage is Summer air conditioning use.
I recently spent a morning standing on a street corner holding an election sign. I was surprised at the number of Leafs I saw during the morning commute on this heavily-traveled 2-lane. While still just a small fraction of the gasoline powered vehicles, there were at least half a dozen that went by.
Biggest extra gasoline consumption in the winter is long warm-ups and idling instead of turning the engine off. Modern engines don’t need the warm-up but old-fashioned bodies prefer it, not to mention deicing and defogging the windows.
My vehicle (Ford Escape) averages 21 mpg in the summer, then in late September when the gasoline switches to winter-blend, it drops to 19. In the spring, back to 21.