Such a dumb article. The ev problem in the cold is the range and charge speed. Not the weight or anything else. Lithium batteries take more damage charging and discharging in the cold. It also wastes a lot of battery to keep the battery and passenger compartment warm, and it will charge slower with a lower maximum capacity in the cold.
Bottom line is that if you have a 500km range ev, you shouldn’t expect it to be able to go further than 300km in extremely cold weather, or have the same amount of torque\power. Even worse if it’s been left unplugged and outside. This won’t ever change with a wet cell lithium battery. Other ev batteries are slowly starting to crop up.
Such a dumb article. The ev problem in the cold is the range and charge speed. Not the weight or anything else. Lithium batteries take more damage charging and discharging in the cold. It also wastes a lot of battery to keep the battery and passenger compartment warm, and it will charge slower with a lower maximum capacity in the cold.
Bottom line is that if you have a 500km range ev, you shouldn’t expect it to be able to go further than 300km in extremely cold weather, or have the same amount of torque\power. Even worse if it’s been left unplugged and outside. This won’t ever change with a wet cell lithium battery. Other ev batteries are slowly starting to crop up.