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Originally Posted by Speak99
I had a new employee come to work in her Tesla, she didn’t put the heater on because it draws too much
Power, this is what they want us to drive? A $50,000 peice of junk that you cant put the heater on! Besides, we dont have the electrical grid to support everyone driving these.
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Given the potato build quality of Tesla, junk would be insulted by you calling Tesla junk.
I would say if you are in a big city, you might be okay in an EV in the cold if we are talking about very short distances. But that's it, short distances, which isn't the case for everyone.
I have heard some say Ontario has enough power to power EVs with heating, but that doesn't apply to everywhere else, and even if supply isn't a problem, you need to be able to distribute it everywhere. Are they expecting everyone to have a garage? Apartment managements surely don't look forward to upgrading the power supply system in their buildings, and what happens to people that don't have a garage?
Lots of questions that don't have any answers. It's all "oh Europe is doing it, let's follow them because Europe is exactly the same as us".
Governments rarely listen to silly old engineers anyway, just like the speed limits on the west coast.
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Originally Posted by parish8
You might be right about the grid but I wouldn’t bet on it without seeing some data. The cars can charge at night when people are sleeping. Typically the power grid has excess capacity at this time. Maybe where you live there are lots of people with electric heat and this doesn’t apply?
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Allow me to educate you on the Canadian climate(outside of the west coast, that is):
And yes, a lot of people rely on electric heating in winter. Let me tell you, -30C/-20F is also a completely different ballpark compared to -15C/5F, and that's what the inland provinces see in the winter.
But heh, screw physics, right? Electricity comes from magic, according to extreme environmentalists.