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In article <fbd0coFu54eU1 at mid.individual.net>, Bill Gunshannon
<bill.gunshannon at gmail.com> 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.
> 
> And that heating shortens your range.  Or did you think it was
> somehow free?

it's effectively free. the impact is a few miles less range, out of
200-300 miles total. most trips are well under that, so it's not even
remotely a concern.


> >> 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.
> 
> Why?  Temps here have been below zero for a week with wind chills
> in the -20 to -30 range.  My truck starts just fine.  Funny, my
> wife asked about "dry gas" at the gas station and they didn't even
> know what she was talking about.  I had to explain to her why we
> really don't need it anymore.  Now, diesels still have serious
> problems in the winter cold but that is mostly big truck diesels.
> I had a Volvo diesel a long time ago and worked fine in Potsdam, NY
> in January.


read what he wrote:
> >> ...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.