Cold weather has a negative effect on the battery life and range of electric vehicles (EVs), a recent test has found, but some EVs perform better than others.
It’s certainly a case of oversimplification, but that’s always true of headlines. The article broke it down by model. It probably should’ve included more detail about preconditioning, although it is not always a meaningful option.
It’s not about the cars being old, and not really about user error. Some are just more capable of handling cold weather.
Here is an article about the use of heat pumps, and there is a clear trend.
It’s certainly a case of oversimplification, but that’s always true of headlines. The article broke it down by model. It probably should’ve included more detail about preconditioning, although it is not always a meaningful option.
It’s not about the cars being old, and not really about user error. Some are just more capable of handling cold weather.
Here is an article about the use of heat pumps, and there is a clear trend.
https://insideevs.com/news/747374/ev-range-loss-cold-heat-pump-data/