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Tesla owners in deep freeze discover the cold, hard truth about EVs (www.theregister.com)
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[–] nxdefiant@startrek.website 8 points 10 months ago

That's also true of ICE (heh) cars. I know modern ones don't need to be warmed up like the old ones did, but they absolutely use more gas in the cold.

https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/fuel-economy-cold-weather

It's probably worse for EV's though.