>>13742388AC range reductions are significantly less than that unless it's central Australia levels of heat with Florida humidity. At those levels, even a conventional car sees a definite reduction in mpg.
Yeah an EV's AC is going to take up a bigger percentage of the car's total power, but that's because the rest of the car is more efficient.
>>13742416To be fair though, that is still power that just get's used up, even if you are sucking it from the wall. Gas doesn't lose power sitting for a few days/weeks (well not relevant amounts.. it does degrade eventually). Batteries do, and most battery types become very inefficient at very low temperatures, hurting that even further.
Side note: That's actually why I use an ultracap system instead of my car battery. 6 3000F 2.85v in series. Small 5 watt solar array under the front window on the passenger side provides enough power to fully recharge it in a couple of hours of partial sunligh. That Completely mitigates the dissipation of the capacitors, and the dissipation from the balancing resistor array, even overnight. Cost like 350 dollars to build, but it weighs ~12 pounds instead of 45-50, and can theoretically burst at 10,000 Amps, even at -40F (that's -40C for you Euros). Even the biggest diehard I can fit in the car can't go over 1,000, and the voltage at that level of current draw falls off significantly.
Sure I can't leave the radio on because ultracaps fucking suck in terms of total energy storage, but I can easily jump start a semi truck that's gone cold (yes I have done this). Not to mention the capacitors are rated at several million charge cycles. 90% sure I'm just going to take this pack with me when my car finally dies, because I can't see this thing failing in the next 20 years.
