this post was submitted on 08 Aug 2023
72 points (96.2% liked)
Electric Vehicles
3091 readers
736 users here now
A community for the sharing of links, news, and discussion related to Electric Vehicles.
Rules
- No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia.
- Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
- No self-promotion
- No irrelevant content. All posts must be relevant and related to plug-in electric vehicles — BEVs or PHEVs.
- No trolling
- Policy, not politics. Submissions and comments about effective policymaking are allowed and encouraged in the community, however conversations and submissions about parties, politicians, and those devolving into general tribalism will be removed.
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I own a Chevy Volt, and it's great. But I don't think the battery is going to power my A/C for more than an hour.
Chevy Volt according to Wikipedia has something like 16.5 kWh.
I don't know how big your house/flat is and for how much power your AC unit is rated for, but it should be enough for at least 3-5 hours under a full load for a rather powerful multi split AC unit.
If you keep in mind that AC doesn't draw full power to keep an already cool room cool, your car might be just enough to keep the AC running through the night or majority of daylight hours.
The smarter move would be during an emergency to get everybody into the Volt and let it cool that smaller space. It won’t be as comfortable, but the battery would likely get you through the whole night at a decent temperature.
Yes, let's cram the family of 6 in a Chevy volt. It's a compact car, not the TARDIS.
"This advice doesn't apply in all situations and the commenter didn't disclaim this in their comment so I'm going to be sarcastic about the situations where it doesn't apply so I can be right and feel good about myself"
-You, probably