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How Extreme Heatwaves Affect Electric Vehicles, And What Can You Do To Protect Them

14 Aug 2023 | Abstracted from Ynet

"...the cooling capacity in an electric vehicle is distributed across three areas - battery enclosure, motor and passenger compartment...the air conditioning compressor, so it's directly powered by the battery - resulting in higher energy consumption and a concurrently cooling-demanding battery...a charging session that's supposed to take half an hour to fill...might require an hour due to the need to manage the battery's temperature."

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