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2023-08-07 Science & Technology

New data shows temperatures above 86F begins a precipitous decline of EV performance

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Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-08-07 10:49|| || Front Page|| [14 views ] Top

#1 Bad Linky?
American Thinker article[7Aug23] -- is that the one?

Posted by magpie 2023-08-07 11:12|| 2023-08-07 11:12|| Front Page Top

#2 I know that my own performance declines at about that temp, so, my sympathies to the EV's.

Posted by ed in texas 2023-08-07 11:17|| 2023-08-07 11:17|| Front Page Top

#3 Link fixed. Thank you, magpie.

Posted by trailing wife 2023-08-07 11:22|| 2023-08-07 11:22|| Front Page Top

#4 EVs will work well in Ohio for two months out of the year.

Posted by Super Hose 2023-08-07 12:53|| 2023-08-07 12:53|| Front Page Top

#5 ...and then the AC gets turned on...

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-07 13:09|| 2023-08-07 13:09|| Front Page Top

#6 ^ And while I made that comment in a trenchant frame of mind, do you know that from Consumer Reports to the lefty-lefty MythBusters, tests have shown that running the AC in your gas or diesel powered car does not affect mileage?

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-08-07 13:11|| 2023-08-07 13:11|| Front Page Top

#7 Also when it gets near zero, the EV range goes from 200 to 20 miles. Good luck with that.

Posted by DarthVader 2023-08-07 17:00|| 2023-08-07 17:00|| Front Page Top

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