I had not been able to make a video in 2 months because work has kept me too busy, but I finally managed to get a new one posted. What are EVs like in the winter? How do you charge in the winter without a garage? How does cold affect the range of an EV? How does an EV drive on snow and ice? I...
I have a Niro ev, base trim and do not have heated steering wheel or seats, but I wear gloves. My comfort issues seem to be my legs when it has gotten down -5°F to 10°F. I also take a lot of short trips, say under fifteen minutes. I use driver only.
After some trial and error, I made these...
I saw someone make reference to a way of setting the HVAC system for just fresh air, without AC or heat. But I haven't been able to find a search hit on any prior discussion of how to do that. I'd really like to not accidentally waste battery energy heating the car on cool summer mornings -...
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Starting a thread on anything related to the effects of increasingly cold temperatures on the Clarity.
We’ve already had unusually cold days for a November, including some -10C nights (14F).
I have a Canadian model, with the battery heater. It would also be interesting to see what the...
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Long time reader, 1st time poster. Owned my clarity 7 months, 9500 miles. LOVE IT!! (of course many things need to be improved, hopefully via wireless updates). But in the meanwhile, I have several technical questions about power usage. I have a 40+ mile roundtrip commute in the DC...
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I am typically driving 80km( 50 mile) back and forth from work return trip and thus I am generally full on normal summer days and when I return , my battery is empty depending on weather.
Now that winter is coming and I am in Canada , so temperature has started dropping here , so now I...