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Electric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold | Electrek (electrek.co)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Fuck I can’t remember even diesel engines falling because of glow plugs.

Fun fact/anecdote:

I remember reading an old timey engineer/designer being told not to never route wiring or fuel under the diesel engine of a vehicle. The reason is that in colder climates, if it gets really cold and the diesel turns to syrup, people will/would sometimes light a small fire under the engine to heat the block and diesel up.

Obviously, nowadays there are electic engine heaters for that, but that doesn't help much if you're in the middle of the Siberian wilderness.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I have been under heavy equipment with a tiger torch in the cold before. Sometimes the glow plugs or ether aren't quite enough to get it going.