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FleetyMacAttack t1_j12vqy5 wrote

I'm curious how much this will affect things in colder areas of the country. With the current drop in range for lithium batteries in cold weather, I wonder if they'll need longer delivery hours/more trucks. 12% isn't massive, but it's definitely an extra trip or two to the charging station, depending on routes.

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Gadgetman_1 t1_j13ip4p wrote

The Norwegian post has an electric Lorry on Svalbard, and they supposedly haven't had any issues with it, yet...

They're getting a whole heap of them for inter-city and all that, but for last mile, they're using Renault Cangoo electrics and... electric ATVs. https://paxster.no/

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ialsoagree t1_j14pk7t wrote

Many EVs link their motor and battery coolant loops.

You can actually get the battery warmed up fairly quickly when your stator is regularly getting over 100-200 degrees C and you're feeding that heat into the battery.

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