IL: Cold Weather Stalling Electric Vehicles in Chicago
In Evergreen Park it is a line filled with frustration I’ve been waiting in about what 3 hours EV drivers almost out of charge waiting to plug their cars in you have to come up here wait 2 hours to get on the charger they tell you the
Charges are fast it takes 2 hours to charge your car it is if you get there some EVS ran out of juice and had to be towed away it started over the weekend and continues today EV drivers learning the hard way that their cars don’t go as far as they
Usually do when the temperatures are below zero I think EV owners are discovering for the first time that it’s what gas car owners knew decades ago that when it gets really cold you don’t want to get too low on your power supply in Norway where half of new cars are
Electric vehicles the Norwegian automobile Federation found that EVS lose about 20% of their driving range in the cold the AAA found that percentage could more than double if the heater was on full blast when it comes to holding that their charge not all EVS are created equal research firm recurrent
Found that the Chevy bolt lost about a third of its range in freezing temperatures the BMW i3 fared slightly better the Tesla Model S only lost 4% of its range the Hyundai Kona also did well in the cold and edit range when it was warm outside Carfax editor Patrick Olsen
Says if you have an evv it’s crucial to have a home charger if you’re traveling plan ahead um make sure you know where your level two and in some cases level three Chargers are so that you can get there Gary green says when it comes time
To change cars the next one won’t be electric I rent this through Uber and um I’m really going to take this back and see if they get gas cars
The cold weather in Chicago is wreaking havoc on drivers of electric vehicles. Wait times are long and charges for the vehicles are not lasting as long. Charlie Wojciechowski reports. (Credit: WMAQ via CNN Newsource)
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