How well are electric cars expected to function in the cold like in Edmonton in the winter. Like 20 below.?

Question

How well are electric cars expected to function in the cold like in Edmonton in the winter. Like 20 below.?

Answer 1

This raises an interesting point.  That is there is no single solution to the environmental issues.  We may indeed need to continue to use internal combustion engines for certain things.

Answer 2

Electric cars do lose range in cold weather, but they still function.  It's just something you would need to take into account, but in the near future, electric vehicles will have 100-350 miles per charge range, so as long as you're not going too far it shouldn't be a major issue.

Answer 3

Most electric vehicles presently run on regular batteries which are adversely affected by cold weather. Simply keeping the batteries warm keeps the batteries at peak power.

Simply have to have a power source out side of the battery system to do the warming.

Answer 4

Electric cars will have lower range of travel in colder months. It is a problem since they are low speed and short range to begin with. The ones currently available like the new Zenn are made only for around town low speed driving anyway. The gas/electric hybrids are much more promising.