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In article <vuc25dlvcjip6pcv86rctado3b87hdhm8e 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.
> 
> _How_ are they heated? 

via a heater module on the batteries.

> Pre-heating the cabin essentially means that you've turned on the car
> remotely. However, this is only possible if the car starts which, of
> course, often requires the batteries to be heated.

for a gas powered vehicle, the engine must be running.

not true for an electric vehicle.