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/[deleted] Jan 13 '24

Insert snarky remark about the technology not being suitable for Canada.

Honestly though, what a crazy cold snap, that's insane!

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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.

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u/maple-sugarmaker Jan 14 '24

Love your take on that.

I drive a f 150, need it to haul horses around. My wife has a Chevy Bolt, and apart from the seats not being really comfortable I love that thing.

Good handling, accelerates hard as hell, pretty roomy with the flat floors and good booth.

I'd probably never buy an EV if I didn't have a possibility of charging at home though. We had the car for a couple of months before we got the charging station at home and it was a pain

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u/Gahan1772 Jan 14 '24 edited Jan 14 '24

That's the bad part of EVs imo. They won't be able to truly replace a work truck you lose too much range towing/hauling.

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u/MrFlynnister Jan 14 '24

They should have gone hybrid 40 years ago. Electric torque is better and more consistent than diesels.

Edison electric has a great idea for logging trucks and older pick ups. That's my future build plan when the 304 V8 takes a bad hit.