Bumpyroad wrote:
how do these electric vehicles get heated up in the winter?
reminds me of the old VW bug days, freeze to death.
bumpy
Good morning Bumpy. Our mornings here are pretty nippy right now, about 6 or 7 degrees celcius. On the way to work in my CDI diesel I am halfway to work before the heat even starts to show up. (Thank god for heated seats). In Angelas car from the time she gets in the car to the time its warm inside is about 200 yards thanks to the 5 KW heater. She also has heated seats. The other cool thing is she can turn on her climate control from her Iphone 10 minutes before she leaves. Real nice on hot days. This comes at a cost to range and when you crank on the heat if your range was reading 120 (or whatever) before the computer will immediately recalculate and you will lose 25 or 30 km off the range. Not an issue for her as a busy day for her is still in that 40 to 50 km thing. However if you use the iphone to cool it off or whatever before you go and its still plugged in you don't lose near as much range as there is less demand once you are in. Kinda cool. Its a whole learning curve and definitely a different mindset driving these things.
Hope that helps.
John
