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In article <nga25dh9b1h75o62g6hr03b4e9oliovai5 at 4ax.com>, Doomsdrzej
<dre at do.om> wrote:

> >> The biggest problem in even considering a Tesla is that I live in a
> >> very cold climate which, since mid-December, has seen its temperature
> >> go no lower than -25c. In such a climate, the already poor range of an
> >> electric car is even worse and there are good reasons to believe that
> >> it wouldn't even start. 
> >
> >the batteries are heated in cold weather and the cars start just fine.
> 
> Are they heated through the use of a block heater or is there some
> other solution I'm not aware of?

the batteries are heated and shortly before leaving, you can preheat
the cabin via a smartphone app.

> >> There's also the fact that the computers
> >> within it, something which is essentially problematic for all cars,
> >> tend to go crazy when the temperatures are too low so the car might
> >> effectively become useless. 
> >
> >nonsense.
> 
> Do you live in a climate where -28c temperatures are normal? My
> Infiniti started perfectly the other day at such a temperature but the
> continued exposure to the freezing temperatures caused the computer to
> go nuts and essentially all of the lights within the dashboard lit up
> and the system disabled everything from the power steering to the 4WD.
> Once things warmed up a few days later, all of the lights as well as
> the annoying check engine light turned off. To say the least, I
> wouldn't trust an electric car in such temperatures.

based on that, you shouldn't trust a *gas* powered vehicle in such
temperatures.

many gas powered vehicles have engine block heaters because they won't
start in extreme weather.