• ceenote@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Well-deserved Tesla hate aside, what’s the remedy to this for an electric car? Heated blanket over the battery? Or do less shitty EVs have something built in? I’m just curious.

    • ThePantser
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      3 days ago

      Good manufacturers will install a heater on the battery that will keep it warm while charging. Also it sounds like the cybercuck is using over 20 amps for something else if they have a dedicated 50amp charger. So either the battery heater is using more energy than they can provide or the thing is broken.

      My money is on being broken.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      Heated blanket over the battery?

      This is not uncommon for ICE vehicles as well. Small electric heater on the engine block to help keep things above 0 and speed up the process of starting the car and getting up to temp

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      3 days ago

      Self heating batteries. Basically a small heater to get the battery into a more suitable temperature range. Super simple solution and since batteries produce heat while charging anyway, you just need a bit of heat to kickstart charging.