Why Your EV WANTS You To Keep It Plugged In During Winter

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The temperature is falling in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means for many first-time EV owners, their first winter. As usual, we've heard of many first-time owners worrying about winter performance and behavior, so it's that time of year again when we give everyone a quiet reminder about how to improve your EV's winter performance - and why plugging in is essential to keeping winter range loss to an absolute minimum. ---- 00:00 - Introduction 01:59 - Worried? There's Probably nothing wrong 04:37 - The reason you don't notice ICE inefficiency 05:59 - Preconditioning 06:49 - You don't always need telematics! 08:23 - Battery pack heating 10:17 - The matter of preconditioning before fast charging 12:50 - Side-tips to keep efficiency up 13:50 - Thanks, and Goodbye! ----- Buy this month's T-Shirt: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/159716434 Apple Vs Patreon - https://news.patreon.com/articles/understanding-apple-requirements-for-patreon Find our postal address: https://www.transportevolved.com ----- Script: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Presenter: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield Art and Animation: Erin Carlie Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield © Transport Evolved LLC, 2024 ----- Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC675NhQ4EU5TzwCMwYp5XCw/join This video was made possible thanks to the kind donations of our supporters on Patreon and Ko-fi. Join them in supporting us. Support us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/transportevolved Buy the team a coffee -- or a meal! https://ko-fi.com/transportevolved Donate using bitcoin: BC1QRZRGCCXUKPDZ2DZ9KX9JYJXMZDYHYGFZ0MN4WH Support us by buying some merch at https://www.redbubble.com/people/TransportEVd/shop Follow our 'second' channel - Transport Evolved Take Two, at https://www.youtube.com/transportevolvedtake2 Join our Discord server at https://discord.gg/U3tnkGNfCA Follow the show on Mastodon: https://mastodon.transportevolved.com/ Follow the show on PeerTube: [email protected] Use the TE Aptera referral code - i.refs.cc/zz56EbIi - but watch our explainer video FIRST: https://youtu.be/mwzwEssgqNI Sign up for EnergySage at https://www.kqzyfj.com/click-101290941-16952262 -----