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Bob Wilson

The whole idea of getting other tech and ages behind is good, except...

By now, anyone with a pulse who reads/watches the news has seen a blizzard of titles touting EVs lose "40%" of range in the cold. Here is a small sampling of these news titles:

Although technically correct, they are misquoting the report and seldom discuss all of the results. The AAA did publish a link to the report and I started a thread in the "EV" area with a link and discuss the technical details:
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The AAA sponsored report is a well written, quality, engineering report. Sad to say, too many reporters and editors, especially the lazy or anti-EV crowd, are too quick to misquote. This means you'll likely find co-workers or family members who will ask you about the loss of range even if you drive a hybrid. So I wanted to offer two, quick replies before suggesting 'lets read the report.':

• They...