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People seem to forget that gas cars have a battery in them too and that fails in cold weather.
Lead-acid batteries aren't lithium ion? And the car starter battery isn't equivalent to that of an EV?
You might as well say that I have trouble starting my gas weed wacker, therefore cars are hard to start.
All chemical reactions slow down in cold weather, including lead-acid cells. In extreme cold, everything is going to have issues. At least EVs have internal heaters that let you warm them up.
.... battery heaters and block heaters are a thing for ICE too though?
How many cars have them? They come by default in EVs, and to use it, you'd plug it in like you do all the time.