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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Can you preheat on grid power to improve range?
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It helps. I preheat my Spark in the winter
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Originally Posted by redpoint5
Using the HVAC heater will drastically reduce range. Seat/steering wheel heaters take hardly any power at all.
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I still have to run the electric resistance heater on defrost to keep the windshield free of fog. Our humid / rainy winters in Portland mandate the use of the heater instead of just using the heated seats and a jacket. In the winter defrosting the windshield consumes about 1/3 of my battery pack during my 50 mile / 90 minute commute (roundtrip)
I wish GM had installed a heat pump instead of the 5 kW resistance heater.