The Market Ticker - EVs: Unsuitable As Primary Transportation

Yep — unsuitable in most of the United States.

Sure, there are exceptions (e.g. Florida south of roughly Orlando) and most of California.  But not most of the rest of the nation.

The reason is simple: You cannot charge them when the battery is below 32F — that is, freezing.

The control system in the vehicle prevent it for a very good reason: If they didn’t the battery would be damaged and might catch fire down the road, so the computer prevents that from happening.

If its reasonably below 32F then the vehicle’s software can use various strategies to warm the battery up some.  For example, intentionally dissipating power in the motor(s) without moving the vehicle (e.g. opposing fields) which of course generates heat and the motor’s cooling system can circulate that into the…….

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