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Maybe a bit off topic, but… 😀
I just read just a laughable “German fact check”:
Old myth: No, air conditioning systems in electric cars do not drain the battery within three hours
It’s a myth that won’t die: the batteries in electric cars are only supposed to last three hours if you’re stuck in a traffic jam in winter because the air conditioning consumes so much power. But this is nonsense.
An old story is spreading again on Facebook: “If all cars were electric [and] we were stuck in a three-hour traffic jam in the cold of a snowstorm, our batteries would be completely flat”.
The claim has been circulating since at least 2021, but it is false. At least as long as the battery wasn’t practically empty in the first place.
In February 2021, the ADAC tested the batteries of two small electric cars. The test conditions: Freezing temperature, running heating, heated seats and parking lights switched on. The 52-kilowatt-hour battery of the Renault Zoe lasted 17 hours and the 32.3-kilowatt-hour battery of the VW e-Up lasted 15 hours.
Nobody has to freeze in an electric car as long as the battery is not practically empty.
The ADAC published another test report in 2022. Seven different electric cars with different battery sizes were tested in a cold chamber at -10 degrees Celsius to see how long the battery lasts when the air conditioning in the cars is set to 20 degrees Celsius. The result: “At 1.5 to 2 kW, the heating output is so low that nobody has to worry about freezing in an electric car in a traffic jam – provided the battery is not already largely discharged at the start of the jam.”
Depending on the model, the air conditioning systems require between 1.5 and 2.3 kilowatt hours. However, even in small models such as the VW e-Up, the batteries have a capacity of around 30 kilowatt hours. Larger models, such as the Tesla Y, have a capacity of 57 kilowatt hours and the BMW iX, which was also tested by the ADAC, has a capacity of more than 100 kilowatt hours.
ADAC company spokeswoman Katja Legner explained to CORRECTIV.factcheck: “In a twelve-hour traffic jam, which is an extremely rare scenario, electricity consumption of 18 to 24 kilowatt hours would be expected – most electric cars today have batteries with a significantly higher capacity.” In addition, there were no people sitting in the cold chamber during the test whose body heat would additionally reduce the required heating power.
translated with deepl.com
Never ever coming in a traffic jam, the batteries are full, usually, you have several kilometes/miles driven under cold weather conditions not beeing favorable for batteries as we all know.
The factcheck is only fooling people.
German source
Just reflected about, bad weather with snow or icy rain with resulting stop and go traffic is much worse, as you have to drive too, even if only some meters or a bit more every 5 – 10 minutes. The “factcheck” test conditions are not realistic at all.
https://rumble.com/v24ejt6-carbon-net-zero-the-real-war-against-humanity.html
Is this accurate information to use to educate?
“” This past year has been an unrelenting one in terms of climate alarmism””
Are you ready for the next one?
Chris Skidmore goes…
“”Conservative Chris Skidmore is quitting as an MP over the government’s energy plans, triggering a by-election to replace him.
The former minister said he could not continue as a Tory MP ahead of a vote on a bill on Monday to guarantee annual oil and gas licensing rounds.
…
Labour’s shadow energy secretary Ed Miliband welcomed Mr Skidmore’s decision to quit, saying he was “standing up to this desperate Conservative government”.“”
Shazbat!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-67895246
Thought his name rang a bell. Thats the tory wet that excreted the report into net zero that gave it a pass without any consideration whatsoever. Good riddance to someone that never should’ve been a tory in the first place – Labour offered him a seat, did they?
Still have my 45 year-old big heavy duty Simpson washing machine.
I’m sure we’re all very happy for you both but wtf? Was it a reply to something that ended up in the wrong place?
There was a comment in the conference about old reliable appliances being replace with far less reliable appliances that didn’t work as well because of bureaucratic rules..
eg kettles, mashing machines, toilets, vacuums etc etc
lol…. washing machines…. not mashing machines.. !
Although, Ron Popeil probably considered producing one.
Maybe the comment did land in the wrong place. 😉
The Climate Commissars like to play this mind game, where they try to pretend that if you are saving money on energy then presto, you are saving money overall. It’s as if no other expense, no other consideration either matters, or even exists. It really is pretty ingenious if you think about it.