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It's vastly less of a problem if you hear and cool the packs. Until this year only Tesla had that tech, but more ev cars are starting to have that.

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> Until this year only Tesla had that tech

The Chevy Bolt (released for the 2017 model year) has a battery cooler and heater. If I recall correctly, the Volt (even older) had a similar system.

I didn't know that, thanks for the correction.

Can you explain what you mean by "that tech"?

I refer to heating and cooling the battery pack. When charging, the battery gets hot and it can reduce the lifespan, that's probably why leafs seem to suffer faster range loss. Similarly lack of this hurts range when it's cold.

Yeah, I understood that, I was wondering what you thought Tesla had that other companies couldn't get.

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