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Why do EVs hate the cold?

The good people at Vox’s Today Explained had me on recently to talk about why all those Teslas were breaking down in Chicago during the recent cold snap. EVs and cold weather! Not a good mix!

But as a dad who’s suffered years of emotional abuse from listening to the Frozen soundtrack too many times, the opening song was a bit triggering.

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