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No, Extreme Heat Doesn't Cause People To Get Stuck In EVs

12 Jul 2024 | Abstracted from Green Car Reports

"How hot is too hot for EVs? Will the next heat wave brick it, leaving you stranded?...The answer isn't nearly as sensational as the headlines...written already this summer...Just as hot weather puts a range of components for gasoline vehicles under additional stress, heat waves can wear more on EV batteries...

"Based on Recurrent's data from 20,000 EVs, there's no red-line temperature at which EV batteries "brick," or at which the damage to batteries suddenly accelerates."

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