"Electric vehicles are better than gas-powered cars in winter -- here's why"

The electric vehicle can start heating the cabin immediately without making you wait for the internal combustion engine (ICE) to heat up. In fact it can start while it's still plugged in to the charger in the garage and not on batter power, and pre-warm your car for your trip.

And engineers continually improve heat transfer systems so it moves any extra heat wherever it's needed, whether it's heating in the winter or cooling in the summer.

Most of the complex parts in a car that require viscous fluids do not exist in an eletric vehicle, "no engine or transmission to worry about", so you don't have to wait for viscous fluids to warm up for the car to function efficiently.

Electric cars have smaller grille openings in the front for air intake, and flatter underbodies without driveshafts or tailpipes, giving them lower drag coefficients which helps in winter when the cold air is denser.

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https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/12/electric-vehicles-are-better-than-gas-powered-cars-in-winter-heres-why/

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