You are thirty miles from home. There is a foot of snow on the ground and road conditions are icy. There temperature has dropped to zero and it getting dark. How could it be any worse? Well, you could be driving a Chevy Volt. According to theelectric.com " "All batteries deliver their power via a chemical reaction inside the battery that releases electrons. When the temperature drops the chemical reactions happen more slowly and the battery cannot produce the same current that it can at room temperature. A change of ten degrees can sap 50% of a battery's output. In some situations the chemical reactions will happen so slowly and give so little power that the battery will appear to be dead when in fact if it is warmed up it will go right back to normal output. . . ."
So now you realize that your range has been cut in half. Do you turn off the heater since all accessories on an electric car use electricity. Do you turn off the radio and forget about road reports. Well you could turn off the head lights. Maybe you should pray that the battery in your cell is up enough to call your wife to come get you. By the way where would you park this thing in cold weather?
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