People seem to keep forgetting that EVs probably aren't the ideal vehicle for very cold climates.
https://mashable.com/article/tesla-ev-cold-weather-polar-vortex/
https://mashable.com/article/tesla-ev-cold-weather-polar-vortex/
I've had to postpone a few jobs because the diesel fuel had jelled the night before. The batteries in the trucks weren't the immediate problem.
I imagine the newer diesels are better than the older trucks we were dealing with. Don't the remote Arctic guys keep the trucks running 24/7 because of the cold?
I watched a documentary where there's a town where it's common to keep all vehicles running most of the day. They either had to be garaged at night, or run block heaters when left to sit more than a couple of hours. This was for gasoline engine vehicles. Diesels were rare because of the extreme cold. People would go to the market, and you'd see an entire line of empty vehicles, all sitting there, idling...I imagine the newer diesels are better than the older trucks we were dealing with. Don't the remote Arctic guys keep the trucks running 24/7 because of the cold?
With regard to the Tesla article, is it any surprise that a piece of machinery might have trouble in the extreme cold?
..., but I didn't realize that lithium had a liquid that could freeze... Maybe it's just the cold slowing down the reaction. Going to have to look into this.
It's not a Tesla, but our other car is a Prius and it didn't have any issues last week fortunately.
Also, @Chris, I just noticed your new avatar! Did you get a recent addition to your family??
Wow, big congrats, bud! Same birthday as my dad. =)I think with the Prius you're at an advantage since you have the ICE as well as the battery possibly?
Yes, we had our son on January 1st, 2019!
Wow, big congrats, bud! Same birthday as my dad. =)
Yea, he was born in 1940 too, so it made the math easy whenever I forgot his age.Thanks! That's one of those birthdays that you can never really forget, huh?