EV range bears a direct correlation to ambient temperature

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  1. Paul Gregory

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    Last summer, during peak warm weather, my EV range topped out at 61 kms. During the cold snap this winter, the EV range stopped taking a charge at 39 kms.

    It's slowly inching up again; I saw a 57 km EV charge today, after daytime temps topped out at 20 °C (68.0 °F) .
     
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    I had an EV once. The range was cut in half during the winter even not using the heater and driving on dry pavement.
     
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    I was referring to the indicated range at full charge.
     
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    Well, at least it indicates there's less instead of saying it's the same as in my case with the 2013 Leaf I had.
     
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    yes, this has proved out over and over again in the 13 years toyota has been making plug ins
     
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