>That's a hack, not a solution.

Why do you say that? It sounds like a simple solution to me.

dzhiurgis 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Leave your car with 5% SOC overnight and then try to find energy in morning to preheat battery. People have painted into corner themselves before. It’s perfectly adequate for my very mild climate and even then I get limited regen about 6 morning months per year.

	▲	nullstyle 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		This is the EV equivalent of riding your old motorcycle with the reserve valve open the entire time. You are driving a giant killing machine around... it isn't too much to ask that you have some foresight to avoid the situation you describe.

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throwaway81523 10 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It takes hours to heat a cold large pack til it's warm enough to charge. That's a drawback.

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wood_spirit 9 hours ago | parent [-]

All the EV owners in Scandinavia don’t have practical problems charging in winter at will.

	▲	ponector 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Also Scandinavia is not that cold. Their winters are quite warm, actually.