Comment on Heat pumps can't take the cold? Nordics debunk the myth
Sodis@feddit.de 1 year agoFrom cooling the engine. When you are standing still and the engine is running it consumes about 1l/h. I just looked up some numbers for EVs: 100kWh battery, heating takes 1kW for every 10K temperature difference, so 3kWh in -10°C. Its higher if you use additional stuff like the heating for the seats. With 150kWh/100km consumption you lose 20km every hour you are in the heated car. I would say that’s a noticeable difference compared to no heating. I also checked how much an AC takes in summer and its about 1 to 2kW for 30°C.
helenslunch@feddit.nl 1 year ago
The heat doesn’t use anymore than the AC because it’s the same system running in reverse.
Sodis@feddit.de 1 year ago
The answers to your question is already in my post and the 150 was obviously a typo, because the loss in range checks out. It should be 15. AC uses less because the temperature difference is less.