Thanks! My biggest concern is whether battery management works on 120v charging. My son who is looking at an EV in Alaska will be in rentals with only access to 120v and without owning the outlet might not be able to switch to 240v.
So, does BMS work on 120v? What about "remote start" (compartment conditioning? Bob On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 3:19 PM Peter VanDerWal via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > If you leave it plugged in, I suspect it would do ok, maybe 20% range > reduction? > > From what I've read, if the car is plugged in and the battery temperature > drops below 37, or climbs above 95, the battery thermal management system > will turn on. > > So, as long as it isn't so cold that the 1.8kw heater can't keep up, the > battery temp should stay around 37 degrees. > > I know that here in AZ, if I leave my Chevys plugged in, I will occasionally > here the cooling systems run to keep the batteries cool. I haven't noticed > them doing this when not plugged in. Then again, where I live it only > occasionaly get's above 95. > > > My PGP public key: https://vanderwal.us/evdl_pgp.key > > July 29, 2021 11:26 PM, "Robert Bruninga via EV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Is buying a BOLT in Alaska a good idea? In Anchorage for example. > > > > Anchorage is the biggest city in Alaska, there is little else to do within > > the 250 mile radius of the Bolt, and adventures can come in the summer > > spring and fall.. Just stay home iin the winter! > > > > At least an electric is not somenint that has to "start" in -40F, it just > > runs > > THoughts? > > Bob > > _______________________________________________ > > Address messages to [email protected] > > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive > > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > _______________________________________________ > Address messages to [email protected] > No other addresses in TO and CC fields > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/ LIST INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org
