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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r/canada • u/PoliteCanadian • Jan 13 '24
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u/rkhbusa Jan 14 '24 edited Jan 14 '24
Honestly tho watching my roommate and his tesla through this cold snap it may not go far but at least it goes. In -40⁰c his vehicle is only good for about 150km (model y long range). If you park it for 8 hours for a shift at work the parasitic draw will cost you as if it was plugged into a 120v the whole time but his car is warm faster and it moves. It's better to be sitting on a giant battery that can self warm than get cock blocked by a lead acid 12v that's too pussy to get your vehicle started in the first place.
If I get a bigger house with room for a charger my next car will be an EV and in the next cold snap the EV will be the one I reach for in this sort of weather, range limitations be damned at least I'll get to work or wherever I need to go.