Global race to boost electric vehicle range in cold weather
Longer trips can be difficult in the coldest weather.
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Longer trips can be difficult in the coldest weather.
Alaska’s rugged and frigid interior, where it can get as cold as minus 50 Fahrenheit (minus 46 Celsius), is not the place you’d expect to find an electric school bus.
It's a problem that some owners of electric passenger vehicles and transit officials are finding in cold climates worldwide.
Automakers are testing new systems to help improve the range of their electric vehicles in cold weather, which can drop dramatically below freezing.
CHICAGO -- Some automakers and drivers fear lower battery range in the cold could limit acceptance of electric cars, trucks and buses, at a time when