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[-] Sparlock@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Block heaters are a thing for decades and no one worries about needing to keep the oil warm. Don't see how warming a battery is any different.

[-] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

I don't use a block heater. I don't have a heated driveway. I don't have heaters on my eaves. I don't heat a bird bath. I don't have exterior flood lights. If I can help it I don't run heaters outside where I am not. I said in the OP I don't like the thought of throwing electricity into the wind.

[-] Sparlock@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

If you don't have a block heater you don't live someplace cold, just chilly. Either way it's no reason to not get an EV.

[-] mortalic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

If you don't live where you aren't using a block heater, you don't get cold enough to worry about ev usage. But also, plugging an ev in over night is generally how you'll charge it. Unless you live in an apartment complex that can't do that. So you're not "throwing electricity into the wind"

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