However, they likely won’t have to worry about exhausting batteries while sitting idle in the snow, so long as they’ve kept their drive batteries charged, according to experts.Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion delivered straight to your inbox at 7 a.m., Monday to Friday.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails.
“If you’re doing nothing else but running a heater, you could run a two-kilowatt heater for 25 hours” on a fully charged 50-kilowatt battery, Merida said. Merida said cold weather does slow down the chemistry in EV lithium ion batteries and reduce their performance, but typically at temperatures colder than minus-10 C.
However, manufacturers have designed cars to keep batteries heated to help counteract that factor, Stonier said.Article content
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So the heater uses no energy? Wow that is cool.