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Frank Lee · 11-22-2012, 05:47 PM

If you do anything EV with lead acid and use it in the cold, you have to make accomodations for heating the batteries.

I'm with Metro, have one snow-busting hauler, and one 3-season way more efficient vehicle. That's pretty much what I've done.

11-22-2012, 05:47 PM	#9 (permalink)
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