Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Type Ashton"
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25:59
Actually, a ICE car also loses efficiency in low temperatures (although they'll eventually heat up enough for this to not really matter) or more so at high altitudes.
A EV actually isn't affected by altitude at all, but is affected by temperature.
However the temperature disadvantage actually kind of is made up by the effect of heating it up again.
The cold doesn't actually remove charge from the battery, instead it reduces the amount of power the battery can deliver at any one time, a value that goes down as it's discharged.
But when the climate changes and it gets hotter you actually regain the range you lost due to the cooling of the battery.
However EVs also tend to use electricity for heating the cabin and heating the battery in order to get more power from it in a short amount of time, and that heating costs energy.
That said, you don't really drive that long without stopping anyway.
You'll stop to eat, go to the toilet etc.
And each time you have the option to just charge a bit, it's not like you have to fully charge each time.
If you stop 3 times on your way somewhere, each time charging 10-15% you'll have 130-160% of the original range for that trip, all while you're barely actually noticing that your car is charging, taking breaks that you'd probably take anyway.
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