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Old 02-16-2015, 10:14 AM   #306 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by rmay635703 View Post
The volt is arguably not very impressive when the temperature creeps below 25 degrees F.
The battery heater chips away at the range quite massively.
Generally 40 degrees out I get 50 miles on a charge
Below 25 it creeps toward 31 miles (but I can usually eek 40 if its not too cold and if I can avoid erdtt)
Would it be possible to preheat the batteries at home and thermally insulate the battery rack?
If the system already has a battery heater in it then maybe it could be ran from the wall outlet whilst in the garage.
Get the batteries up to a decent temperature without using any of the battery capacity.
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