Electric-Car Battery Energy: Why Waste It On Cabin Heating? (Video)

2012 Nissan Leaf winter test

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