The Polar Vortex and Electric Cars: How, Why, and What You Can Do

Today, following the most recent Polar Vortex, we've started to see stories pop up on both mainstream news sites and specialists blogs talking about electric car range in winter -- and how the most recent massively cold spell in North America left many new electric car owners worrying about their car's usable range. We've had many news outlets try and discuss why range drops in electric cars during winter (it's not all about heating) but very few have dealt with what the problems are (and how you can mitigate them). So we're back to the topic of electric vehicles and cold weather, with a bit of an electrochemical deep-dive into explaining winter battery pack performance. (If you want to go more in depth, check out Ed Fontes' essay on the subject at https://www.comsol.com/blogs/why-car-batteries-perform-poorly-in-cold-weather/) Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Follow the show on Twitter https://www.twitter.com/TransportEvolve Buy Transport Evolved SWAG : https://teespring.com/stores/transport-evolved Join or Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/9WAjfQn Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved