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Originally Posted by Isaac Zackary
I know, right? What should I do? Drive around in circles for half an hour? And yet electric vehicles are criticized for not being good in cold weather either. What's this? The batteries shouldn't be charged at temps below 20°F? And what am I supposed to do when it reaches -40°F?!
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It just means that the battery heater will be on regularly, which will not do any favors for your range. You typically set a charge timer so that the battery completes charging just before you leave which reduces time at full charge and warms the battery some as well, the either pre-heat the interior by either a timer or via the smart phone app or website. Keep in mind the network that the Leaf uses will go dark soon so you will either end up buying a new radio at an as of yet unknown cost, OR loose web connectivity probably at the end of 2016 (this year).