LOL!! EV range not only reduced in cold, ALSO reduced in HEAT!!

I play in the battery and energy arena, and have professional friends that do as well; including EV's. My friends & I see many of the pitfalls pointed out in this thread, and believe we have at least some answers.

Advocates of ICE platforms are building arguments around over a century and a quarter of well-funded R&D that ultimately made production; ICE development advanced rapidly. History states that a high percentage of "horseless carriages" were electric (Henry Ford's wife drove an electric car for several years). There was a point in time when gasoline became the favored energy source for transportation, and EVs went away. Since then, $Billions (my personal guess is that R&D investment number probably eclipses the $trillion number, all things considered, OEMs and aftermarket) have been invested into improving the ICE platform, while maybe $millions were invested in making the EV better.

Along comes Honda Insight & Toyota Prius hybrids in 2001. This at least opened the doors for the integration of batteries and electric motors into the transportation sector in this modern era. These were early attempts; the Insight is no longer available, and the current Prius remotely resembles the 2001 version. Since then, numerous Hybrids and dedicated EVs have been introduced.

The first Tesla Electric vehicles were -- just that -- early attempts. If you look at Tesla's electric motors used over the years, you will find that they changed the design for more efficient versions. Furthermore, if you look at the battery chemistry evolution, there have been 3 different types used. This means they realized their mistakes (which this tread has amply focused on) and made corrections.

Finally, if you consider the overall quality, durability and safety of a 1900 ICE and compare it to a 1920, 1940, 1960, 1980, 2000, or 2020 ICE, surely you can observe the cumulative benefits of R&D. Rest assured, EVs will advance and get refined over the years just as the ICE did, but at a much faster rate. The current generation EV/Hybrid isn't all that bad for use cases where it makes sense. As time goes on, it will get better (I'm professionally committed to see that is the case). Surely long-haul big rigs and EV doesn't add up. However, an LTL warehouse Jockey truck actually does.

Make your choice to never own an EV or Hybrid. Just know that every year they will get better because of engineers. Eventually (if you old farts live long enough to see it), EVs will make more sense than ICE.

Some ammo:
https://chargedevs.com/newswire/car...il&utm_term=0_6c05923d39-6f816a808f-344098124