They averaged 74 miles per day. They can "work" in the cold, just not very well. I would imagine they avoided the coldest time of the year up there. At -20 or so, battery efficiency plummets, further complicated by the need for more heat in the passenger compartment.But..... EV's can't work in the cold
from the Arctic to the South Pole — in an electric car
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Correctmost of the Chicago issues are the charging network.
The EV making the trip isn’t all that impressive, driving that car to the south pole across Antarctica is. Even in Summer, the temps are brutally cold there. I’m thinking of all the clown show driving when we got +20F and 6-8inches of snow. I once ended up driving into some bushes when I was in CT in the mid80’s. That was on somewhat familiar roads too.
So, 700 miles to the pole. They brought their own generator. I could see the gen manufacturer making a commercial using this as an example of how rugged their gen is. Did they run the heat in the EV? How much does that affect the range when temps outside are below freezing?
I’d like to see the Arctic Trucks “support team”. What did that consist of? A couple of tracked vehicles and seasoned arctic workers makes it a lot less adventurous. Kind of like taking a cruise and claiming you sailed across the ocean. Different meanings. This seems like a long trip and the point of it keeps diminishing with all of the support that was required- generators, volunteer charging, flight to antarctica, then some sort of support team. What were they trying to prove again?
So, 700 miles to the pole. They brought their own generator. I could see the gen manufacturer making a commercial using this as an example of how rugged their gen is. Did they run the heat in the EV? How much does that affect the range when temps outside are below freezing?
I’d like to see the Arctic Trucks “support team”. What did that consist of? A couple of tracked vehicles and seasoned arctic workers makes it a lot less adventurous. Kind of like taking a cruise and claiming you sailed across the ocean. Different meanings. This seems like a long trip and the point of it keeps diminishing with all of the support that was required- generators, volunteer charging, flight to antarctica, then some sort of support team. What were they trying to prove again?