[RedDevil]

Originally Posted by cowmeat

So winter finally hit here in central Florida. I'm sure it won't last long, but it's here

This morning my windshield had a slight layer of frost on it, so I hit it with a big shot of windshield washer fluid.
Unfortunately down here in Florida they sell "above 32 degree" washer fluid, so it froze solid the second it touched the windshield, and I spent ten minutes burning through EV range just sitting there waiting for the defroster to clear a hole in the sheet of ice

Ah no. They all do that. Windshield washer liquid contains volatiles which evaporate and bring down the temperature, freezing the residual water. This may happen even just above the freezing point.
One could bring down the melting point with non-volatile stuff like salt or sugar or whatever, but then the windscreen won't clean properly.

So when it freezes you must not spray the windscreen until the engine is warm and the front window is warmed from the blower!
Simply scrape off the ice with a windscreen scraper or an old creditcard.
The ice will take any dirt that is on the windscreen with it.

Be sure to wear gloves or your fingers will frostbite from the melting ice.