Electric cars not working well in the cold
 

I been hearing electric cars are having problems with there batteries in the very cold weather. The cathode is turning from jelly to solid and ions don’t move , then the car does not move?

LOL, Not cold enough down here but some folks up North may know the answer.

All electro-chemical batteries are adversely affected by temperature extremes - the colder it gets, the less power they put out and the slower they charge. Some EVs can warm the batteries to provide more power during cold temperatures.

If it gets cold enough to freeze the battery, you need to be off the roads and holed up somewhere warm. :)

Electric cars not working well in the cold
 

I recently saw a news report on serious issues with the Tesla 3 during our Canadian winters. The door handles and windows completely freeze up making opening the doors impossible. This leads to the question; did Tesla even perform any severe cold weather testing?


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LOL, that would be a NO.

That's alright - the panel gaps on some Model 3's are big enough to climb in that way!

(yes, I'm going to Hell. Elon will be there to greet me, though).

Batteries don't do well in extreme temperatures - matters not if those are cold or heat. I'm guessing these are designed to work better in heat though.

In some trucks. There is an option for a block heater and battery heater for cold temps.

A lead acid battery will freeze solid if it doesn't have a charge in it. 2 yrs ago. I had to replace 4, 6v batteries in my motorhome because the batteries froze and broke the cases. The motorhome was sitting at a RV dealer waiting on to be repaired. It sat from Nov to Feb in Cleveland. No way for me to keep the batteries charged. :shakes head:

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