"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.


Lets think this through..

electric cars are at their best for shortish trips in heavy traffic..

under these conditions they don't generate much heat..

Electric cars don't generate enough heat if they are used in heavy traffic
AFICS.