this post was submitted on 01 May 2026
58 points (93.9% liked)

Technology

84277 readers
3450 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
58
How well can Electric vehicles(EVs) handle the heat — and the cold? AAA put them to the test (text.npr.org)
submitted 9 hours ago by Deep@mander.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world
20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

Electric vehicle batteries are a lot like people, in one important respect: They're most comfortable in temperatures around 65 to 75 degrees Fahrenheit.

When the weather gets much colder or hotter than that, a battery works less efficiently. It has to work harder, too, to keep the vehicle's cabin comfortable for its equally picky human occupants.

The result? Electric vehicles can't drive as far or as efficiently in extremely hot or cold weather.

AAA has been testing exactly how big an effect temperatures have on modern EV batteries. In its latest research, shared exclusively with NPR, it found that hot temperatures reduced range by an average of 8.5%. Cold weather cut vehicles' range by a whopping 39%.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

The model 3 is approximately 50kWH standard range. Roughly 221,000btu, which is roughly 7L of gasoline for about 300mi range estimated. Even cutting that range in half, it’s a lot of distance compared to a ICE.

Calculator

The relative drop in range for an EV vs ICE is significantly dampened by the efficiency of each. The ICE is just so wasteful that it’s much more noticeable when the weather hit happens. It’s why drag coefficient and tyre friction matter much more in EVs.