Winter 2022/23 - It's too cold :(

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Never ceases to amaze me just how many people think 1st gear and full acceleration is the way to drive in these conditions. Slow gentle acceleration and if you are still struggling pop it in 2nd.

I will add - having an electric car in these conditions is blissful.
 
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Yeah we got it -6 east yorkshire, said it would be -3 so got it wrong for us, harshest frost I've seen for a few years. still cold now but at least the suns out now so frost has gone.
 
Horrible drive into work at 4:30am spent 20 mins trying to get up the hill, out the road from where I live. I kept wheel spinning and couldn't get traction, so went to the bottom and managed to drive and get abit of momentum to keep going.

Main roads were mainly ok In Hertfordshire (30-40mph) but Bedfordshire was atrocious, it usually the other way around.

Proper ice rink in places I slid car out on final roundabout for work, went to slow down as car stopped in front, but brakes locked up and started to slide so had to take evasive action otherwise would have gone straight into back of the car. Managed to kerb it up the pavement and slide sideways in the roundabout I have DSG car VW Golf.

Havnt seen it this bad since 2010 I think, although it started to clear on the roads quite quick as Monday morning traffic been on it.

Feel sorry for the people stuck out in there cars overnight Jesus looks horrendous!
 
am going to grab the battery out of the little used car and put it on charge ... should probably do that indoors as opposed to cold garage

Bar said:
I will add - having an electric car in these conditions is blissful.
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both kona and id3 had questionable snowy/icy traction control from reviews I'd seen, tyre choices aside .. but, remote defrost must be nice using a bit of an overnight Kwhr
 
Bar said:
Never ceases to amaze me just how many people think 1st gear and full acceleration is the way to drive in these conditions. Slow gentle acceleration and if you are still struggling pop it in 2nd.

I will add - having an electric car in these conditions is blissful.
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Why is it blissful. Do they have some sort of crawl mode? Having instant torque is the last thing you want.
 
adam cool dude said:
Why is it blissful. Do they have some sort of crawl mode? Having instant torque is the last thing you want.
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Nothing wrong with instant torque at all. It's how much of it you get that's the problem, but this is why cars have a pedal, and not and on off switch to control it ;)

For an EV, I imagine not having to overcome the minimum speed of 1st gear is a significant help in getting going.
 
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DarkBahamut said:
Nothing wrong with instant torque at all. It's how much of it you get that's the problem, but this is why cars have a pedal, and not and on off switch to control it ;)

For an EV, I imagine not having to overcome the minimum speed of 1st gear is a significant help in getting going.
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Why do you need to overcome the minimum speed of 1st gear. I was in the snow yesterday pulling away in second or sometimes even third? Not a problem. Having manual control over a gearbox beats a single speed box in bad conditions for going forward and slowing down.
 
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Bar said:
Never ceases to amaze me just how many people think 1st gear and full acceleration is the way to drive in these conditions. Slow gentle acceleration and if you are still struggling pop it in 2nd.

I will add - having an electric car in these conditions is blissful.
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Reminds me...

Saw a Tesla Model Y abandoned in the middle of the road on the way into work this morning.

A fiesta too.
 
Would have preferred to take this shot @ 5am when there was way more snow.

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In what way is it different other than not having to worry about gear shifting, like in a standard petrol/diesel automatic geared car?
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Pre-cabin heating is pretty much universal on electric vehicles. I only know of JLR that offer petrols with pre-cabin heating, and a few Merc/BMW plug-ins.
 
adam cool dude said:
Why do you need to overcome the minimum speed of 1st gear. I was in the snow yesterday pulling away in second or sometimes even third? Not a problem. Having manual control over a gearbox beats a single speed box in bad conditions for going forward and slowing down.
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If you haven't reached the minimum speed for a given gear then you have to keep slipping the clutch until you do, if you you have an auto then the clutchpack or torque convertor has to slip instead. Starting in 2nd/3rd actually make that worse as you now have to slip the clutch (or spin the wheels) until you're doing 8-12 MPH. The point is in an ICE car, *something* has to be slipping at very low speeds. It's either the wheels, or the clutch. That's a problem when you can't pull away very quickly. Often 2nd is the best option to reduce maximum wheel torque, but it's not a free lunch.

An EV basically doesn't have any of that to deal with. Doesn't mean it's impossible in an ICE car, but it's why it's somewhat easier to manage in an EV. Thats also before you get into being able to pulse an eletric motor to further manage wheel traction in a way that isn't possible in an ICE because of rotational inertia of the engine/flywheel/etc.
 
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