I have friends with EVs, who can’t use their resistive heat
Huh, I assumed they pretty much all had heat pumps now. Tesla introduced that several years ago and it made a huge difference, so I’d expect others to have followed
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BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months agoAmerican here. Even in some northern US states we see - 20F in the winter.
I currently live where winter includes below freezing all the time, with temps approaching 0F frequently. I have friends with EVs, who can’t use their resistive heat (worst way to use battery power) in the winter or they can’t get to work and back, so they conserve power for window defrosting only.
We’re a long way from EV being viable. Wish people would admit that so we can have a proper conversation about it.
AA5B@lemmy.world 11 months ago
essteeyou@lemmy.world 11 months ago
How far? 11 years of constant development driven by consumer demand?