{"id":442,"date":"2022-12-16T21:42:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T21:42:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/?p=442"},"modified":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T10:24:47","slug":"electric-vehicle-owners-struggle-with-reduced-battery-range-in-cold-weather","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.autobuyersmarket.com\/news\/2022\/12\/16\/electric-vehicle-owners-struggle-with-reduced-battery-range-in-cold-weather\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Vehicle Owners Struggle with Reduced Battery Range in Cold Weather"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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With the advent of the electric vehicle (EV), drivers are discovering an all-new issue to deal with when the weather runs cold: reduced battery range<\/a>, sometimes significantly so. File photo: Hrecheniuk Oleksii, Shutter Stock, licensed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

NEW YORK, NY – Owners of conventional gas-powered vehicles have always had to contend with numerous issues when winter hits making driving more difficult or even outright dangerous, due to issues such as icy roads, having to uncover plowed-in driveways, and discovering that a battery is dead and that the vehicle is in need of a jump-start. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, with the advent of the electric vehicle (EV), drivers are discovering an all-new issue to deal with when the weather runs cold: reduced battery range<\/a>, sometimes significantly so. But a new study by Recurrent, a company that tests and rates battery life in EVs, notes that some of these vehicles perform better than others when the temperature dips. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

After analyzing data procured from thousands of EVs, Recurrent was able to calculate among participating makes and models the approximate average drop in range that a battery may experience \u2013 in terms of real-world driving \u2013 when taken from an optimal 70-degree day down to an environment of 20 to 30 degrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Regardless of how well they did or did not perform, the batteries of all models involved in the study lost some degree of range regardless due to the fact that cold temperatures cause the chemical processes taking place inside of lithium-ion batteries to slow down.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other factors that cause a drain on range\u00a0include EV heating systems utilizing electricity from the car\u2019s batter to power their interior cabin\u2019s heating systems, an issue that gas-powered cars do not have to contend with.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Cold weather can wreak havoc on an electric car's range, but these models do the best in frigid temperatures https:\/\/t.co\/FpntH8vSeX<\/a><\/p>— Business Insider (@BusinessInsider) December 15, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote>