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Cold-weather range hits aren’t as bad for EVs with heat pumps (arstechnica.com)
submitted 1 month ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

It uses the same amount of energy to create cold as it does to create heat.

[–] Photon@feddit.org 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Well it's about temperature differences, those are larger in winter I guess. On the other hand there is a lot more radiative heat load in summer...

[–] Hule@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

There's a "sweet spot" for temperatures, so if a compressor and heating agent works well in summer, it won't work well in winter.

[–] Bronzebeard@lemm.ee -1 points 1 month ago

Heart pumps don't create heat, they move it.