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Also -20 isn’t unheard of in some places, upper Midwest USA and north….i wonder if it could warm itself if needed?



Lots of people with electric cars have no idea their batteries have heating and cooling packages. I would assume this does as well.


it's always puzzled me when my prius prime asks for permission to use AC while charging, like what are you asking me for bro do what you gotta do


I suppose if you don't want it to for whatever reason it'll shut off if it gets too hot (perhaps short of where it would otherwise start cooling) instead?


Or charge slower.


It is warming up the exterior of the car (pumping heat out of the battery).

If you have a garage integrated into the home, I guess it might be undesirable.


It would be weird if the manufacturer rated it for that temperature range without considering that.


Upper Midwest here. Our power doesn't go out often, but of the times that it has, I think only twice was above -30 degrees.

It really varies a lot by your utility company though; our coop is quite good for the most part. On the other side of the same state, my brother is in an area more prone to bad storms and tornados, so he's had to deal with several multi-day blackouts. It gets hot here, but not above 40c in the shade, so he'd probably be fine if it can handle direct sunlight. If not, a gasoline / nat gas / propane generator would be far more reliable.




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