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Originally Posted by timun
Yeah, as someone who's about as big a Tesla-hater as you'll find, I'm always surprised at how silly complaints about cold-weather performance of an electric car seem. The biggest complaint I've heard is the reduction in range due to battery power being spent on heating the cabin and the battery itself. Which is... whatever, it is what it is, but I think it's silly and unfair to single electric cars out for "reduced range" as a "cold-weather performance issue". All cars have "reduced range" in the winter. My car certainly goes through a hell of a lot more gasoline in the winter than it does in the summer...
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Ya, that's true, and for most people it's a non-issue. And most families have 2 vehicles, so shouldn't have much problem making at least one of them an EV. But if you do want to use it for visiting family regularly in Edmonton, or going skiing in the mountains it does become an issue to consider, because you no longer have a quick fill up on route, nor will you probably pre-heat the cabin if you have to mind every watt.
I've kinda found a quick shorthand for winter range is to use the miles range number as km in the winter, just for an idea of how it translates.