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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Me again with the two EVs. I will add the the Tesla had a tough time moving up in the driveway this morning, but it's rear wheel drive and probably nearing the end life for it's tires. Same with any RWD car.

Remember when 95 was a s*show that one time--it was the Tesla drivers that stayed warmest. Yes your range is less in cold but if traveling longer than an hour in the cold just charge up to full at your house before you leave.[/quote]

Did not know they were RWD. Terrible. I thought those went out in the 70s[/quote]

RWD for an EV is nothing like old RWD cars in the '70s -- because a gas car has way more weight in the front (where the engine is). Most of an EV's weight is evenly distributed across the entire car's bottom, in the battery.

During winter road trips in our non-Tesla EV, we stop to charge more often and we sometimes throw blankets in the car (in case we have to be stuck somewhere for a really long time and don't want to run the heat full blast in the back seat -- front seats are heated, so you can be quite comfortable with no other heat up there). But electric cars barely use any battery idling, sitting in traffic is very unlikely to be an issue.[/quote]

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