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<\/p>\nRUSH: I love this next story, but don\u2019t misunderstand why. I don\u2019t revel in the suffering of others. I do not revel or have schadenfreude when other people encounter difficulties that I could have predicted. It\u2019s not part of this. I have known because of my extensive tech background and knowledge that one of the worst things for batteries is cold weather. If you want to make a battery as inefficient as possible, you put it in the freezer for a while. By the same token, exorbitantly high temperatures can do the same thing.<\/p>\n
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But the problem there is the tendency to explode. But batteries — lithium-ion batteries, the kind of batteries that are rechargeable and in every device, including electric cars — just cease to function when it gets cold. This is something that electric car buyers are not often told. “If there\u2019s one thing electric vehicle owners are learning, it is that extremely cold temperatures are likely going to lead to frustration if they don\u2019t take extra special care of” the battery in their electric car.<\/p>\n
“Disgruntled owners of [Tesla] Model 3s have been widespread on social media and online forums, talking about numerous issues they\u2019ve had with cold weather on their vehicles. People have complained about battery range draining and Model 3 door handles freezing up.” You know, the door handles pop out because of the battery. If the battery\u2019s not operating, you can\u2019t open the doors. The batteries don\u2019t hold a charge. You can\u2019t charge \u2019em and they can\u2019t hold a charge unless you\u2019ve got a heated garage — and if that happens, then your range goes way down.<\/p>\n
The battery doesn\u2019t perform well in cold. You would think it would be just the exact opposite. You would think that cold weather in heat-producing elements… As cold as it could be would be better because it dissipates the heat. But there are all kinds of moving parts inside lithium ion batteries, including the ions. It\u2019s cold weather that freezes the cathode in there that makes it pretty much a solid rather than a jelly, and there\u2019s no way for the ions to move, and therefore you\u2019ve got no electricity. You know what else happens in cold weather? There\u2019s no wind. When there\u2019s no wind, you can\u2019t power the power plant.<\/p>\n
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So saving the world?<\/p>\n
You can\u2019t get in your car and start it and drive it very far, and your electricity won\u2019t be there anyway to charge your car because wind power doesn\u2019t overcome cold.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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