Cold makes the chemical method that ev batteries use to store energy slow down which is why with much of the US in a extreme cold. Electric Vehicle owners are facing issues with reduced battery performance and increased charging times.
Currently below 2% of vehicles in US are electric so the problem is not affecting mega numbers of people and the state with mega sales is still California where cold is not usual. According to Cox Automotive US EV buying set a huge record in the 3rd quarter of 2023 making up 7.9% of all light truck sales and new car.
The gas mileage of a gasoline car is about 15% lower at 20 degrees than at 77 degrees according to US Department of Energy. American Automobile Association found that at 20 degrees and EV can lose 12% of its range.After turning on the cabin heater can bring that up to 40%.
No trucks or cars do good when it is chilling out but evs do worse.
Tips to get the best performance from ev cars in cold weather
Park Indoors
This keeps your electric cars in cold weather warmer as well as its battery. So not much energy used to warm it up later. A car cover also assist electric car charging in cold weather.
Drive with eco mode on