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AAA: Cold weather can cut electric car range over 40 percent

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See - demons should be pushing for global warming so they can push for their dream of electric cars in every home.

Cold temperatures can sap electric car batteries, temporarily reducing their range by more than 40 percent when interior heaters are used, a new study found.

The study of five electric vehicles by AAA also found that high temperatures can cut into battery range, but not nearly as much as the cold. The range returns to normal in more comfortable temperatures.

Many owners discovered the range limitations last week when much of the country was in the grips of a polar vortex. Owners of vehicles made by manufacturers including Tesla, the top-selling electric vehicle company in the U.S., complained on social media about reduced range and frozen door handles during the cold snap.

https://www.apnews.com/04029bd1e0a94cd59ff9540a398c12d1
 
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