Electric vehicles meant to help curb climate change are susceptible to the very problem they seek to treat: extreme heat.
As the planet experiences [hot summer] days and heat waves blanket tens of millions of Americans, EV owners are advised to avoid long-term damage to the batteries powering their cars. [emphasis, links added]
The warnings augment the unique challenges of EVs compared with traditional gas-guzzlers, including the lack of public charging stations, reliance on China for critical lithium used in batteries, electric grid reliability, and high sticker prices.
The industry is concerned about the feasibility of President Biden’s proposal to phase out sales of new gas-powered cars and force automakers to focus primarily on EV sales by 2030.
“Just in time for [the Environmental Protection Agency’s] regulatory push on electric vehicles, this week’s heat wave in the Southwest is bad news for EVs,” Western Energy Alliance, a lobbying group for oil and natural gas, said in a Twitter post.
Industry analysts and EV automakers recommend several ways to prevent EV batteries from overheating:
• Avoid parking in the sun.
• Avoid rapid charging.
• Charge during cooler times of the day.
• Use air conditioning sparingly.
• Use air conditioning while the car is plugged in, allowing charging power to cool the battery.
• Tesla recommends keeping the battery charged 20% to 80%.
Charging of any kind during extreme heat, particularly with rapid chargers, can lead to a long-term reduction in battery capacity, experts say. …snip…
Cold weather also impacts EVs by significantly limiting their range on a single charge and taking longer to reach full capacity. Still, lower temperatures don’t weaken the battery in the long term like extreme heat can.
As part of Mr. Biden’s green energy agenda, the EPA proposes stringent emission reductions across automakers’ fleets.
Compliance would require roughly 60% of new vehicle sales to be EVs by 2030 and 67% by 2032.
If enacted, the rule must overcome legal hurdles.
h/t Steve B.
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EV,s not the answer to a totally fake threat of Global Warming Climate Change and when will them in Washington D.C.(District of Criminal’s)and the UN going to switch to EV’s and go Wind or Solar?
Electric Vehicles do nothing to impact climate change. Carbon dioxide is way beyond its saturation point as far its ability to cause warming. The greatest impact is going from 0 to 20 ppm. Going from the current 420 ppm to 560 ppm has an impact of 0.05 degrees.
So, the minority of families that are wealthy enough to buy an Electric Vehicle must tolerate problems with extreme heat and extreme cold. They had better have a conventional vehicle as back up.
Yes, David Lewis. Perhaps their second vehicle should be a tow truck!
Come on David. Those who can easily afford EVs have 3 or more car garage garages and have multiple luxury ICE vehicles when showing their left-wing creds isn’t necessary. I know in my upper-middle class neighborhood that every EV owner (mostly Tesla) have a real vehicle(TM) that runs on gas in their garage. EVERY ONE OF THEM!
Then comes winter cold. Try not to use the heater.
If any one wonders where the remaining common sense is in Europe, look no further than Poland.
Not to pick a fight, but there are people everywhere who get it. Newt Gingrich used to call Canada Soviet Canuckistan. Greg Gutfeld sneers at Canada frequently. I usually let it slide. I have voted Conservative for 50 years. Unfortunately, Ottawa Liberals offer immigrants freedom/asylum with all kinds of socialist perks. It’s been going on here for decades. Guess who they vote for.