How do you compare electric vehicles to gas ones in Canadian winters and on long trips?
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I hope that the electric car systems get that needed improvement in a near future.
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That is for sure.
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The technology is making life so easy in some fields but costly on other hand.
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Expensive, especially when the reliability is doubtful.
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Yeah, that makes some people trust old fashion way when they see where they leave their money.
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With Canadian winter, I feel the gas vehicles may not be that easy to be replaced by EVs.
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Electric vehicles perform well in Canadian winters but may have reduced range due to cold temperatures. On long trips, charging stations can be less frequent, but planning ahead helps. Gas vehicles have the advantage of easier refueling, especially in remote areas.
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Your experiences? I have heard 2 cases that vehicles refuse to start or break down below -25 Celsius because the battery freezes. As well as the hybrids or the starter works on 400 volts or more.
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I haven't heard that from anyone I know with an EV, but looking online it doesn't seem like EV manufacturers offer heating blocks like other cars do so that does makes sense.
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Car battery gets weaker at big minuses so that causes delay to start electric vehicle.
Block heaters are designed to work as heaters in car engine oil in vehicles with gas combustion. On the other hand, electric vehicles do not oil to operate engine and there is no engine but electric motors that operate to move that vehicle; so that is the difference.
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Oh that makes sense.
Thank you
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We surely need more! Atleast its improving but slowly.
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Yes I totally agree it happend to me a few times.
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That is very true.
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You are welcome.
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Yeah, it’s interesting that EV manufacturers don’t seem to offer heating blocks like traditional cars. I guess it's a trade-off—while EVs are great for efficiency, heating options aren’t as common or as advanced. Hopefully, we'll see more solutions like that in future models!
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Some if not the majority of EV battery have electric heat control, you can preheat or cool down the battery
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That is good but than heat comes out of the battery again lol.
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You mention the block heaters which must be plugged, and you can plug your EV too :D
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Solutions should be improved in all aspects but above all longevity of the power contained in those car batteries.
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Unfortunately with Mr "drill baby drill" for the 5 next years on command, i think gas price will stay reasonnable and electric car will have to be more competitive on the price.
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Yes. Just to mention again that electric vehicle does not have oil engine. Gas powered engines have oil that is supposed to be changed every often. However, electric vehicles have electric powered motors that move that vehicle. There is no oil to heat up. Battery is being warmed by the certain amount of electricity that you can plug in at location when parked. When driven all power goes away just as gas ones. But when the cold environment surrounds electric vehicle its consumption is draining battery much faster. Gas vehicles use more gas as well in cold environment but there is a bit of chance to get to the next gas station.
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That is a new challenge now coming up.
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Absolutely! Longevity is key for car batteries, especially for sustainability and cost-efficiency. Improving battery life means fewer replacements and less environmental impact, which is a huge win all around.
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Hopefully we win in that.
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Hopefully! A win in this area would be a big step forward for sustainability and innovation.
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You're right; if oil prices stay stable due to increased drilling, electric cars will need to become more affordable to compete.
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