Comment on Cold-weather range hits aren’t as bad for EVs with heat pumps

roofuskit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• MagicShel@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I know the resistive heater in my Volt can’t compare to the heat put out by the ICE. Often in the winter we’ll have to run the ICE to keep the cabin warm enough. It does have heated seats and wheel, but my wife is the type to set the heat to max until it gets too hot rather than just picking a temp and hitting auto to let the car manage it.

  If the heat pump can put out more heat for less energy, that would be a boon. That might be the second biggest issue (next to range) that has my wife vetoing an all-electric car. She gets the next vehicle, but I want the one after that to be a full EV.

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  • AA5B@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Fwiw, I’ve never had a lack of heat from my cars heat pump. It even warms up faster than a gasoline engine would. Most importantly, I can turn it on remotely to get warm before I get in the car. I never had that with a gas engine

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    • TowardsTheFuture@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah and a lot are moving to heat pumps if they don’t already use them.

      recurrentauto.com/…/which-electric-vehicles-have-…

      There’s a list of models that have them.

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