Can electric cars have air conditioning, stereo, ect, and still attain good range?

Question

Can electric cars have air conditioning, stereo, ect, and still attain good range?

Answer 1

NO !! I saw the other day ,they were compering a 35 hp. gasoline motor to two 1 hp motors. In your gasoline car the air conditioner will  pulls 5 hp.

Answer 2

It all depends on the capacity of the batteries and any alternative sources of energy (gas powered generator or solar cells).  The Aptera is a plug in hybrid which uses solar cells to supplement the AC system.

Answer 3

put it this way.  when your accelerating normally you will use about 50 kw.  fast acceleration can use 100 kw.

cruising at 60 mph, about 12 kw.  

a standard car stereo .045 kw. one with a "booming system," 0.5 kw. ac can use 1.5 kw.  so using all your electronic accessories will decrease your range by about 5%

Answer 4

Air conditioning may not hurt range any nore than driving with the windows open if the speed is over about 60 km/h.

Around town one would get better range by leaving the windows open.

You can have a low power stereo... maybe with an ear bud.

Answer 5

the more electrical load you put on the batteries, the less range you will get.

Answer 6

Sure, the Tesla Roadster has all the usual amenities and over 200 mile per charge range.  See the link below for further details.

Answer 7

I once saw a woman on a car show on TV talking about an electric car she had recently bought. She said on rainy nights she had to choose between windscreen wipers and headlights. haha I found that funny..