Cold weather Kills the battery!

[Cletts]

Getting about half the efficiency in the cold. Crazy!

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[mini2nut]

All BEV adopters are suffering from the cold weather range loss syndrome. And towing? Forget about it unless you enjoy subjecting yourself to frustration.

I‘ll bet a 2032 Rivian owner will laugh at how large, heavy and inefficient battery packs were 10-years ago. Major advancements are coming.

 

[VSG]

All BEV adopters are suffering from the cold weather range loss syndrome.

Shrinkage!

 

[COdogman]

 

[johstacy]

Getting about half the efficiency in the cold. Crazy!

Crazy... I wonder why I am not experiencing this

 

[Cletts]

Crazy... I wonder why I am not experiencing this

I’m in NJ? Below 20 for a few days…

 

[Lil'Dave]

This is the reason we will never be a full EV family while living in IL.

 

[johstacy]

I’m in NJ? Below 20 for a few days…

It's been 0 degrees to -1 here this last weekend warmed up now but I had some vampire drain but my range was not cut in half

 

[Dark-Fx]

Crazy... I wonder why I am not experiencing this

Short drives absolutely murder the efficiency. Guessing OP doesn't drive more than 10 miles at a time.

 

[johstacy]

Short drives absolutely murder the efficiency. Guessing OP doesn't drive more than 10 miles at a time.

Maybe as all my driving is easily over 10 miles one way

 

[DynoSaur]

250 miles drive in 16-20 degrees, with pretty gusty wind. No precip.

Good speeds, up to 80 mph.

Averaged 1.47 miles/Kw

About a 30-40% drop from norm.

R1S.

 

[Budman]

Sorry if I'm being repetitive with this data....... But I'm putting it on every thread about range loss in cold weather because I think this large data set is more helpful to people than single observations or anecdotal comments about the effect of temperature.

Cold weather significantly reduces range with EV's. More so on short trips than long trips. This dataset is representative of range/efficiency loss during a long road trip when the battery has had time to get up to operating temperature.

 

[jjswan33]

Sorry if I'm being repetitive with this data....... But I'm putting it on every thread about range loss in cold weather because I think this large data set is more helpful to people than single observations or anecdotal comments about the effect of temperature.

Cold weather significantly reduces range with EV's. More so on short trips than long trips. This dataset is representative of range/efficiency loss during a long road trip when the battery has had time to get up to operating temperature.

Keep showing your data, it's some good looking data. I like this plot even better than the one I seen you post yesterday because here your Y axis should be independent of which tire you're on. Also should be somewhat independent of the drive mode too as the losses in efficiency are due to cabin and battery heating.

 

[Tahoe Man]

Just figure half the range in very cold weather... It's not extract but good enough to get the idea.

 

[Budman]

Keep showing your data, it's some good looking data. I like this plot even better than the one I seen you post yesterday because here your Y axis should be independent of which tire you're on. Also should be somewhat independent of the drive mode too as the losses in efficiency are due to cabin and battery heating.

That’s right! Very good points to make. Thanks for commenting.

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