Add it to the list:
* EV battery conditioning
* diesel anti-gel
* engine block heaters
Many machines don't like the cold.
I remember getting days off of school as a kid because too many of the school busses wouldn't start due to gelled diesel.
* EV battery conditioning
* diesel anti-gel
* engine block heaters
Many machines don't like the cold.
I remember getting days off of school as a kid because too many of the school busses wouldn't start due to gelled diesel.
https://www.wcia.com/news/local-news/cold-weather-causes-fro...
And Tesla should probably take inspiration from those, and power the battery heater from the charging station, so you don't get:
> The solution is to keep the battery warm, but the heat comes from the battery itself, so these stricken Tesla drivers are draining the battery just to be able to charge the battery, and we don't need to explain why that might be inefficient.