"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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Rod wrote:
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/7f2f081e-2...077b07658.html

But how do you heat an electric car? Not much fun using a totally
unheated behicle in the winter. Even keeping the screens clear becomes a
bit of a problem.

Electric heaters, plus recirculating the odd few hundred watts that does
come off the battery pack. And maybe the motors. You don't need much more
than a couple of hundred watts to heat a decently insulated car.

A small unit with a heat pump extracting heat from the motors will increase
efficiency greatly, and the car space is small to heat too. If broke slot
out and new one in. Heat pump tumble dryers cut energy consumption by 50%.