'Alarming': Man Shows His Electric Car Lost 70% of Its Acceleration Ability in the Cold
By Christine Favocci, Western Journal
February 3, 2023 at 7:17am

Electric vehicles are not only unreliable, but can also be dangerously sluggish in winter temperatures. Is this really progress?

While renewable-energy zealots and climate change alarmists are singing the praises of battery-operated vehicles, the reality is that drivers may find themselves bracing for impact because of the technology's limitations.

According to Tommy Mica on YouTube's TFLEV channel, his 2022 Mini Cooper lost as much as 70 percent of its acceleration power during the recent Colorado cold snap.

Some owners have already figured out that they lose driving range when the temperatures plunge, but they could be left bracing for impact if they're caught short on power during a merge or other situation where speed is critical.

"Hey everybody, so I want to talk about a fairly alarming issue I'm having in my fully electric car now that we're deep into the Colorado winter," Mica began in his video posted Tuesday.

"So most folks know this point that the range on EVs decrease when the temperatures go down, but performance also tends to decrease to varying degrees," Mica argued.

He acknowledged that vehicles with traditional internal combustion engines also experience performance issues in the winter.

However, as the Department of Energy admitted, the cold's effect, like increased viscosity of engine fluids and gasoline, isn't as significant as it is for frozen batteries.

"Here's the issue," Mica later explained, showing the car's dashboard indicators.

"Look at these bars go down, this is actually the acceleration meter on the Mini, and these little clicks mean how much acceleration you have available."

"When it's at 100, you get the full enchilada, you get all the beans," Mica said.

"However, when the battery is very low, or if it's very cold, you actually lose clicks as the car derates itself," he added.

Mica then showed the indicator hover around 30 percent after sitting outside overnight in subzero temperatures.

The significance of this decrease became apparent when he took his Mini for a spin and attempted to merge onto a highway.

The vehicle was slow to gain speed - one could almost hear the Little Mini That Could utter, "I think I can, I think I can" - but it got there eventually.

Any car that unexpectedly fails to accelerate is at risk for a rear-end collision or a failed merge, and this could indicate a problem across the board for electric vehicles.

Still, this technology is sold to the American people as the wave of the future even as they have demonstrably rolled back the progress automobiles made.

After more than a century of improvements and innovations, the internal combustion engine has become solidly reliable in all kinds of weather and conditions, every time.

Something like turning on the heat in the cabin for the comfort of passengers is effortless in a gasoline-powered vehicle. Not so for some electric vehicles that can't spare the voltage.

Having a full tank of gas all but guarantees that the car will go the promised distance regardless of the temperature.

The same can't be said of electric vehicles that lose battery life while parked in the cold, potentially leaving its drivers stranded on the side of a frigid road in a dead vehicle.

Electric vehicles are still so unreliable that the elites who push for them in every home garage in America still rely on gas-guzzling SUVs to ensure they get where they need to go no matter the distance or degrees.

There may come a time when electric vehicles actually become the modern miracle they're touted as today.

Unfortunately, we're not anywhere close, even as our betters try to sell us on the idea that these cars are our future.

The potential dangers, coupled with the fact that electric vehicles are more expensive to buy and maintain, make it a ludicrous proposition to foist them on us.

If progress means dangerous, unreliable, and sluggish electric vehicles, we're better off in the past when only toy cars were battery-operated.

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LOL, he said "climate change alarmists".
Why can't these morons ever just stick to the facts.

BTW, have you looked at the Mini Cooper EV?
It's borrowed EV tech shoehorned into a 70 year old chassis, horrible range.
Basically a toy.

Not the sort for you.

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but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

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again, why the fuck would you expect Joe Rogan to be clued in to any of this?

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but in the end,
there it is." -Sir Winston Churchill

Because he has twice your IQ and 3 times more common sense.

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Well, perhaps not Joe But, Peter Zeihan has lots of clues. Watch the short

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I was speaking of Joe....

Zeihan has 3 times the IQ and 5 times more common sense than WG.

Lmao

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Electrify America raises its charging prices nationwide

Zac Palmer
Fri, February 3, 2023 at 12:49 PM EST

Electrify America announced today that it will increase pricing in March this year. As of today, the price per-kWh at EA stations across the country (that charge per-kWh) is $0.43. Come March, that's going up to $0.48 per-kWh.

For those doing the math at home, that's an 11.6% increase in charging costs headed your way. To put that into a real-world scenario, charging our long-term 2022 Kia EV6 from 5% to 100% battery on an EA station currently costs approximately $32. With the price increase, that same charge will be nearing $36. Is it going to break the bank? No, but over time the more expensive charging will add up.

If you're an EA Pass+ member paying the $4 monthly fee for cheaper charging rates, the increase in pricing is even more severe, from $0.31 to $0.36 per-kWh. It's the same 5-cent increase as non-members are subject to, but that calculates out to a 16% increase in overall costs.

Now, not all states bill your electric car charging by kWh, instead opting for billing by the number of minutes you're plugged in. Electrify America is, of course, raising rates here, too. If your vehicle is charging at speeds between 1 and 90 kW, the price goes from $0.16 to $0.19 per minute. If your vehicle charges in the 90-350 kW range, the price is going from $0.32 to $0.37 per-minute. Those are increases of 19% and 16% respectively.

If you're an EA Pass+ member, the price per minute rises from $0.12 to $0.15 per-minute for 1-90 kW charging and from $0.24 to $0.29 per minute for charging faster than that. These increases amount to 25% and 20.8% increases respectively.

For folks who road trip their EVs frequently or rely on public charging, this array of price increases will hit the hardest. However, if you charge at home most of the time, your costs will mainly fluctuate with the cost of electricity where you reside.

Said cost of electricity is one reason why EA is increasing its prices, too. In a note to customers, EA stated the following: "We've tried hard to maintain our current pricing, but rising operational and energy costs have now made adjusting our pricing necessary. We shall continue to maintain simple, uniform pricing across the country, and this adjustment ensures we can uphold our commitment to drive electric vehicle (EV) adoption and the future of electric mobility."

Customers should expect the new pricing to be implemented on March 6. We can only hope that the price increases allow for EA to increase the reliability of its chargers, too.

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It would be cheaper to fill a tank of gas...and that only takes 3 to 4 minutes.

EV people are in for a rude awakening as their lies about how cheap their cars are to drive is an actual joke!

Lying liars lie!

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I Like my EV.

My guzzler too.

^lying liars lie.

pussi is a known epic liar.

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nope.

I really like my cars.

You are the Epic Liar!!!

you have no facts.

No Proof.

Just magascum lies...

LMFAO

Edited: 02/05/2023 at 06:22 PM by sandi

^lying liars lie!

Electrify America announced today that it will increase pricing in March this year. As of today, the price per-kWh at EA stations across the country (that charge per-kWh) is $0.43. Come March, that's going up to $0.48 per-kWh.

For those doing the math at home, that's an 11.6% increase in charging costs headed your way. To put that into a real-world scenario, charging our long-term 2022 Kia EV6 from 5% to 100% battery on an EA station currently costs approximately $32. With the price increase, that same charge will be nearing $36. Is it going to break the bank? No, but over time the more expensive charging will add up.

If you're an EA Pass+ member paying the $4 monthly fee for cheaper charging rates, the increase in pricing is even more severe, from $0.31 to $0.36 per-kWh. It's the same 5-cent increase as non-members are subject to, but that calculates out to a 16% increase in overall costs.


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The REAL truth is....both of the forum idiots are OWNED.
-BOTH of them have no clue who their owner is.
-They are both card carrying narcissists.
^These are PROVED facts.