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EV prices are falling while the average new car tops $50K (electrek.co)
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[–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (2 children)

My old leaf had a heat pump and while it was nice, the newer EVs have such dense batteries they don’t really need that anymore. My bolt does fine in the Ohio winters. I do hate the Chevy brakes and suspension but otherwise it’s great.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 weeks ago (1 child)

    Hmm we do have slightly colder winters here, but not catastrophically colder.

    I do remember earlier EVs losing about ~50% of their range in the winter here though. Not sure how it is with more modern ones without heatpumps.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    It’s not the heats causing that. Batteries lose range when cold. Modern batteries have climate control and simply using them also heats them up. Winter driving reduces range on gas cars too.

    The range in winter is lower but not as severely as it used to be. My eatimated range year round fluctuated between 250 and 180 miles and that’s fine.

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