Why Cold Weather Is No Longer An EV Battery Killer

23 Jan 2025 | Abstracted from Washington Post

"Having a heat pump can cut range loss in half, Recurrent data show. Under most conditions, heat pumps drain a car’s battery less than the old school electric resistance heaters that early EVs relied on. That means the best EVs today lose only 11 percent of their range in freezing weather."

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