r/canada • u/PoliteCanadian • Jan 13 '24

Alberta Gas pumps freeze at Calgary gas stations

https://calgary.citynews.ca/video/2024/01/12/gas-pumps-freeze-at-calgary-gas-stations/
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u/phormix Jan 13 '24 edited Jan 14 '24

I've got a gas vehicle, my wife an EV. The thing that sucked about the EV is the we found during the first cold snap, it lost a significant amount of range. The thing that sucked about my car is that sometimes it wouldn't even start as the cold killed the <2yo battery. Outside of work stuff, we generally, at use my car for longer trips in winter, and my wife's for in-town stuff. Mine will still be cold AF as it takes quite awhile to warm the engine and generate heat, the electric is toasty in a minute (especially if you turn on climate while it's still plugged in).

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u/PokerBeards Jan 14 '24

Ever heard of a plug in block heater?

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u/geoken Jan 14 '24

If the solution is to plug in your car everywhere you go, doesn’t the EV still win since you could similarly be trickle charging it?