misk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoCold-weather range hits aren’t as bad for EVs with heat pumpsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square80fedilinkarrow-up1309arrow-down19cross-posted to: electricvehicles@slrpnk.netarstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
arrow-up1300arrow-down1external-linkCold-weather range hits aren’t as bad for EVs with heat pumpsarstechnica.commisk to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square80fedilinkcross-posted to: electricvehicles@slrpnk.netarstechnica_index@rss.ponder.cat
minus-squareAA5B@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·2 days agoFwiw, I’ve never had a lack of heat from my cars heat pump. It even warms up faster than a gasoline engine would. Most importantly, I can turn it on remotely to get warm before I get in the car. I never had that with a gas engine
minus-squareTowardsTheFuture@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days agoYeah and a lot are moving to heat pumps if they don’t already use them. https://www.recurrentauto.com/questions/which-electric-vehicles-have-heat-pumps There’s a list of models that have them.
Fwiw, I’ve never had a lack of heat from my cars heat pump. It even warms up faster than a gasoline engine would. Most importantly, I can turn it on remotely to get warm before I get in the car. I never had that with a gas engine
Yeah and a lot are moving to heat pumps if they don’t already use them.
https://www.recurrentauto.com/questions/which-electric-vehicles-have-heat-pumps
There’s a list of models that have them.