There was certainly a time when we saw many new electric car drivers complaining about their winter range on social media. However, unless you're headed out on a long road trip or some ridiculous commute, your EV should have enough juice to easily get you through the day. Now that many folks have been driving their EV for many years, they've simply learned to adjust their behavior to help with winter range anxiety.
A new study published by Recurrent points out that while we often hear about EV range loss in electric cars in cold weather, we rarely hear about the solutions, or how drivers are coping. Instead, the media reports about subpar range and efficiency or vehicle battery chemistry and charging speed. To be clear, many EV owners drive in all seasons and have little to complain about. In fact, they have no concern with cold weather range loss since they've figured out how to handle it.
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