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Originally Posted by misher
Not to mention what happens in winter when its freezing. I know my electric car's range decreases about 30% when I have the heating on high.
Lithium ion batteries are great but they still don't achieve the energy density/lb needed for many future uses. Likely a solid state or graphene is required. Remember also that Lithium batteries are volatile and unreliable in the extreme cold aka most of Canada in winter.
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To be fair, diesel is flammable and doesn't work very well in winter either, but we know how to work around that and deal with it. If you can figure out the energy density, electric vehicles would likely have a much easier time in the cold than diesels.