The recent cold weather has introduced many people to the disadvantages of electric vehicles. Frigid temperatures cause the batteries on EV’s to drain more quickly, a lot more quickly as the temperature goes down. The following is one story that illustrates this problem.
A brother and sister said they had to stop six times in one day to charge a Tesla they rented for a road trip because the frigid temperature caused the vehicle battery to drain quickly.
Xaviar and Alice Steavenson were curious to see what driving a Tesla would be like, so they rented a model from Hertz in late December to drive from Orlando, Florida, to Wichita, Kansas, Business Insider reported.
The brother claimed to Insider that Hertz advertised on their website that driving a Tesla would always be cheaper than using a gas-powered vehicle. However, as they traveled in the electric-powered vehicle, they quickly discovered this was not the case.
The historic winter weather from late December was causing the vehicle’s battery to drain so fast that they spent more time at charging stations than they spent on the road and were spending more money as a result.
“We ended up having to stop every one to one and a half hours to charge for an hour, then an hour and a half, then two hours,” Xavier told the outlet.
“So beyond the lost time, it also got to the point it was between $25 and $30 to recharge. Just in one day, we stopped six times to charge at that cost,” he added.
Besides the scientific fact that cold temperatures cause the battery to drain quicker, one needs to add to that if you want heat inside the vehicle, this is also a drain on the battery. In a gas powered vehicle, waste heat from the engine is used to heat the interior of the cabin.
And the Biden administration wants to force us all to use EV’s. Communism is here in America.