By installing a heat pump in his house in the hills of Oslo, Oyvind Solstad killed three birds with one stone, improving his comfort, finances and climate footprint.

Heat pumps can’t take the cold? Nordics debunk the myth::By installing a heat pump in his house in the hills of Oslo, Oyvind Solstad killed three birds with one stone, improving his comfort, finances and climate footprint.

  • mazelado@lemmy.worldEnglish
    353·
    1 year ago

    EVs work fine in cold weather. I live in Minnesota and drive an EV. It loses about 10-20% of the total range in the winter, but most of that appears to be from generating heat for the passengers.

    • tmjaea@lemmy.worldEnglish
      172·
      1 year ago

      I was being sarcastic. I’m from Germany and most “car people” constantly talk about EVs being not reliable, especially during winter …

      • MotoAsh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        201·
        1 year ago

        Ah yes, that time of year when cars are known to just start right up every time they’re cranked over, and gas cars totally aren’t still subject to a battery getting cold …

      • OryginEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        In their defense, my German EV lost a good 40% range on the winter

              • OryginEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Yep… did not get to choose which car I got, and was quite disappointed with it. The car itself is okay, the driving is good. But the battery and its management was horrible. They even sent a recall recently because the battery was draining abnormally fast when not using the car