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by spookie 886 days ago
> Unless you're in the upper Midwest and your car is one of those stuck at a charger unable to fast charge because it's too cold and you didn't have an hours worth of time and energy to preheat it.

You also have the problem where it is "too hot". Higher battery wear and all. Part of me feels the BEV revolution only considered half the northern hemisphere.

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Tons of EVs on the roads in Texas. I realize there can be hotter places (Death Valley) or more humid but certainly if you can drive an BEV in the height of Texas summer that should fit more of the worlds use cases.

I think cold is a harder problem to solve, I think your delta T of environment temps and operating temps are much greater in cold weather.