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Originally Posted by Isaac Zachary
My Nissan Leaf lost more than 50% of range in the winter, and that was one with a heat pump heater, on clean roads, and I was trying my hardest to squeeze as many miles as possible out of it (heater pretty much off most of the time except when I needed to defrost the windshield, very easy on the accelerator, not going at full highway speeds).
Now the Leaf isn't the greatest EV of all time. But I figure anyone wanting an EV where it's cold should get at least double the range they'd need as it will easily be cut in half in the winter.
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I'd seriously consider a small, water cooled, 'plug in for winter' genset.
That gives you heat (and efficiency) and some exta amps to save the cold (at startup) battery and some extra range.
There's a lot about 'efficient' small (water cooled) engines hereabouts:
https://endless-sphere.com/sphere/th....118647/page-3