Electric-Car Battery Energy: Why Waste It On Cabin Heating? (Video)
Among the drawbacks of cars that run on battery power is the energy required to heat their cabins. As electric-car drivers in less temperate climes know, heating the cabin to room temperature has an enormous impact on battery range–conceivably as high as 40 percent. A similar impact is seen from air-conditioning use as well, but it takes far less… …read more