[Info-vax] Intel junk...Kernel-memory-leaking Intel processor design flaw forces Linux, Windows redesign

[Bill Gunshannon]

On 01/06/2018 03:54 PM, nospam wrote:
> 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.
> 

True, it just uses some of that electricity that you need to get from
one place to another.  So much for driving range.  I haven't looked
lately as I am not in the market for any kind of electric vehicle
but the last time I looked the all electrics I saw didn't even have
enough driving range for my daily commute.

bill