With reduced range, much like ICE cars and current BEVs, and if you have inappropriate tires you'll probably have poor traction, just like an ICE vehicle.
The MY 2012 LEAF my company owned no issues, even when it was almost 8-9 years old.
Of note: This was with the old fashioned restive heating that has been replaced in most EVs with Heat Pumps, which greatly reduces energy load on the battery to heat the cabin.
As also mentioned by Aptera, the composites in the body of the Aptera have much greater insulative properties than a traditional pressed steel body, but how much that will make a difference is yet to be tested, but assuming it will make some sort of a difference.
Like others have mentioned, many BEVs have pack heaters to prevent damage to the cells during prolonged cold periods.
Simiarly, with an ICE car, if you're going to store a car in -40 C temps for long periods of time, you should probably plug it in.
Here in Canada, but especially especially in the Prairies if you're not parking your car indoors in the wintertime, a block heater is *a requirement* if you want your car to start in wintertime.
None of these issues are new problems and none of these issues are major barriers to BEVs.
Tesla has been putting in Battery warmers for quite a while. Wonder if Aptera would be able to do that for us Canadians (though our winters arent what they used to be!!!)
@anash A friend of mine in Colorado puts an electric blanket with an extension cord under his car in the dead of winter. He says that does the job for nights in which it gets mighty cold.
With reduced range, much like ICE cars and current BEVs, and if you have inappropriate tires you'll probably have poor traction, just like an ICE vehicle.
The MY 2012 LEAF my company owned no issues, even when it was almost 8-9 years old.
Of note: This was with the old fashioned restive heating that has been replaced in most EVs with Heat Pumps, which greatly reduces energy load on the battery to heat the cabin.
As also mentioned by Aptera, the composites in the body of the Aptera have much greater insulative properties than a traditional pressed steel body, but how much that will make a difference is yet to be tested, but assuming it will make some sort of a difference.
Like others have mentioned, many BEVs have pack heaters to prevent damage to the cells during prolonged cold periods.
Simiarly, with an ICE car, if you're going to store a car in -40 C temps for long periods of time, you should probably plug it in.
Here in Canada, but especially especially in the Prairies if you're not parking your car indoors in the wintertime, a block heater is *a requirement* if you want your car to start in wintertime.
None of these issues are new problems and none of these issues are major barriers to BEVs.
Hey Bruce,
This seems like a typical range for EV batteries.... What type of batteries does NASA use on Ingenuity on Mars at -135 F?!🤔
The Aptera performance temperatures range is -20 to 125 F. - 40 may be too cold to maintain proper battery operation.
They said that will be coming because at least one vehicle will be in Slovenia where the electric motors come from
Plenty of opportunity there