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Electric Vehicles are a key part of our tomorrow and how we get there. If we can get all the fossil fuel vehicles off our roads, out of our seas and out of our skies, we'll have a much better environment. This community is where we discuss the various different vehicles and news stories regarding electric transportation.

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Yes, Electric Cars Are Good in Winter, and I Drove in the Arctic to Prove It (www.cnet.com)

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[–] cron@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think most fears about EVs are about the reduced range in winter, especially when combined with fast travel:

What if I need to drive 800 kilometers over the winter holidays, with subzero temperatures, highway speeds, and a car packed to the brim - all of which severely reduce range?

And sure, this is probably the toughest scenario for EV range calculations.

[–] JordanZ@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yeah that kind of stuff is covered in the second half. The first half and the title seem to allude that people just think EVs drive worse than their ICE counter parts somehow in cold weather.

various YouTube videos, and Reddit and Quora threads — often featuring inaccurate or misleading information — all essentially telling potential EV owners that if they want to drive in colder months, they're better off buying a gas-powered car.

When I told a friend of mine I was going to the Arctic to drive EVs, their response was: "Do they even work in the cold?"