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Do they have an option once they get to work to stay. I don't know about their specific case. But, most Hospital's can accommodate this.
They do. When we had that really bad storm not too long ago they were getting hotels for people that live outside of town. We live in town so it’s only a 15 minute drive each way.
Well if you must make sure you have a lot of provisions in your vehicle. Even for a short drive getting trapped in a vehicle with -40 temperatures can be deadly. Please be safe.
If you don't have winter tires, do everything you can to avoid the roads. Even in dry roads, winter tires have better traction at -30 ⁰F than all seasons have at +40 ⁰F.
If you must go out, and you don't have winter tires, lower your tire pressure to help a little with traction. Drive slower than you would normally. Drive especially defensively. You'll carry an electric blanket for each passenger (tested before they're needed). You'll have all your winter emergency gear.
If you need to go out with an EV, you'll be pre-conditioning on a Level 2 charger.
BEV range doesn't matter because you're not going far enough to need range.
If it does matter, then you can expect that range can be decreased by 20% to 40% depending on everything.
Note that your ICE can also lose significant range in the very cold. People don't notice because they don't often drive the long distances they've convinced themselves they drive. Most people don't make the winter viscosity oil change; not making the change can reduce efficiency (and increase wear) by as much as 25%. Nobody changes their transmission fluid. The very low temperatures leads to higher viscosity transmission fluid, which means lower efficiency. Probably nobody regaps their spark plugs for the lower temperatures, which leads to long-term reduction in efficiency due to cold fouling.
Low temperatures reduce your pressures, which leads to higher rolling resistance and lower efficiency.
If you must go out, and you don't have winter tires, lower your tire pressure to help a little with traction. Drive slower than you would normally. Drive especially defensively. You'll carry an electric blanket for each passenger (tested before they're needed). You'll have all your winter emergency gear.
If you need to go out with an EV, you'll be pre-conditioning on a Level 2 charger.
BEV range doesn't matter because you're not going far enough to need range.
If it does matter, then you can expect that range can be decreased by 20% to 40% depending on everything.
Note that your ICE can also lose significant range in the very cold. People don't notice because they don't often drive the long distances they've convinced themselves they drive. Most people don't make the winter viscosity oil change; not making the change can reduce efficiency (and increase wear) by as much as 25%. Nobody changes their transmission fluid. The very low temperatures leads to higher viscosity transmission fluid, which means lower efficiency. Probably nobody regaps their spark plugs for the lower temperatures, which leads to long-term reduction in efficiency due to cold fouling.
Low temperatures reduce your pressures, which leads to higher rolling resistance and lower efficiency.
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Thanks for this. Thankfully they both work close, 6 miles from the house, but I still don’t like driving in it.
Now I do have a question. I take everyone in the Jeep because of the 4 wheel drive and the tires. I’m running Goodyear DuraTracs. I have never switched to a snow tire. Would I notice a big difference switching from that tire to a snow tire?
Notice? Probably only that one time you really needed to stop and couldn't.
Is there a measurable difference? Yes. At any temperature below about 45 ⁰F you'll get better traction performance from a winter tire. I don't know if it's worthwhile to change unless the temperatures are going to be below freezing for long periods of time. But the chemistry of tire compounds and the physics of tire traction say it's safer to switch even before the temperature drops to freezing.
Note that snow tires used to be mostly about tread. But modern tire science has developed winter tires. The improvements are more chemistry than tread design.
Ah ha I see. Thanks so much for the education.
And everyone in the path of this storm stay safe!
Two opinions for you - from the comfy confines of Colorado, where winter has, so far, taken some time off...
1) Range reduction doesn't matter, as has been said, you won't be driving far enough to notice the difference. Crank the heat, turn up the seats and steering wheel, and focus on safe driving. Growing up in very rural mountains, we never let a car sit with less than half a tank - no different with BEV, if you just plug it in when you get home, you never have to worry about daily driving, regardless of conditions.
2) I've had several pair of Duratracs - for an AT, they are fantastic in the snow. For me, I would rather not deal with swapping tires twice a year, but if you are going to regularly be in serious winter weather, then yeah, a set of Hakkapeliitas is life changing - we had a little Jetta that was unstoppable in the winter, just with front wheel drive.
1) Range reduction doesn't matter, as has been said, you won't be driving far enough to notice the difference. Crank the heat, turn up the seats and steering wheel, and focus on safe driving. Growing up in very rural mountains, we never let a car sit with less than half a tank - no different with BEV, if you just plug it in when you get home, you never have to worry about daily driving, regardless of conditions.
2) I've had several pair of Duratracs - for an AT, they are fantastic in the snow. For me, I would rather not deal with swapping tires twice a year, but if you are going to regularly be in serious winter weather, then yeah, a set of Hakkapeliitas is life changing - we had a little Jetta that was unstoppable in the winter, just with front wheel drive.
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