I just got my EV legal too, and I have also noticed really poor winter performance. I am building an insulated box and doing range testing and it really helps if you get about an hour or two of charge before you drive. Charging heats up the batteries, so two hours before I go out I drive up and down the driveway to clear the battery surface voltage and charge it again. I give it 1.5 hours of charge, then I plug in my ceramic heater for the last 30 minutes to defrost and heat the car.
I just installed a PakTrakr installed and will start recording DOD, Voltages and mileage. I did the first EV-instead-of-ICE family trip tonight and my dad was pleased. I am going to adjust more settings on my Kelly controller to increase the acceleration.
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Originally Posted by bennelson
I think battery blankets like those would help.
Too bad those cost more than I spent on the batteries! ($40 each x 6 = more than I want to spend!)
I have played around a little bit with "pipe wrap tape". That electric strip stuff you wrap around your pipes to keep them from freezing.
Maybe I need to try that stuff again with a timer and a thermometer....
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