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Originally Posted by RedLS1GTO
Again with your strawman.
It's not "road trips in the cold", just like it's not "towing cross country" or any of the other exaggerations that you keep using. 158 miles (79 each way) is not a "road trip. Of course most people don't do it on a daily basis, but most people sure as shit do it at least occasionally.
EVs are good for people who live in a specific (warm) metro areas and never, ever, plan on using it to leave that area. That's the entire list of people for whom it "works". If that's you, great. That's not "90%".
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Again, the AVERAGE daily miles driven is 37 miles per day or 1124 miles per month. So, for the AVERAGE person, EV's would work fine, at least for their daily driving habit. Sure, you will have to charge more frequently in cold weather on road trips. Once the car is heated up, some cars like Teslas with heat pump only lose 24% of their range while other cars which do not have a heat pump will use much more range. I have to look up the article but they tested all EVs when it comes to cold weather range and most Teslas had a 24% loss, not 50%. While this means more frequent charging, it's not as bad as some people claim.
https://insideevs.com/news/696918/ev...s%20efficiency.