Xatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoElectric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold | Electrekelectrek.coexternal-linkmessage-square77fedilinkarrow-up1286arrow-down140
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-linkElectric vehicles fail at a lower rate than gas cars in extreme cold | Electrekelectrek.coXatolos@reddthat.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square77fedilink
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down4·10 months ago Some ICE cars also allow you to remotely pre-start But you cannot do that in the garage (unless you like huffing exhaust fumes).
minus-squareEarthwormjim91@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoAnd if you spend a couple hundred bucks on insulation, you don’t need to preheat anything in your garage either.
minus-squaredb2@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down16·10 months agoExhaust fans are not new or unapproachable tech.
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down2·10 months agoThey are also not a common fixture of garages.
minus-squareZink@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoBut they are a life and death safety device in the scenario you describe. Hvac equipment.
minus-squareFrozengyro@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down16·10 months agoThe majority of garages I’ve seen have a garage door so the fumes don’t just build up in the garage.
minus-squarelemmyng@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down2·10 months agoWhich means that your home then has increased heat loss because the garage door is open.
minus-square0ops@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down9·10 months agoEh, I don’t even have a garage, and my place stays warm just fine. It’s just a few minutes
minus-squaremeco03211@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down4·10 months agoWhat’s special about the door or do you mean just opening it? If the latter, that still won’t prevent it from collecting at the ceiling and you’d better hope you remembered to open the door.
But you cannot do that in the garage (unless you like huffing exhaust fumes).
And if you spend a couple hundred bucks on insulation, you don’t need to preheat anything in your garage either.
Exhaust fans are not new or unapproachable tech.
They are also not a common fixture of garages.
But they are a life and death safety device in the scenario you describe. Hvac equipment.
The majority of garages I’ve seen have a garage door so the fumes don’t just build up in the garage.
Which means that your home then has increased heat loss because the garage door is open.
Eh, I don’t even have a garage, and my place stays warm just fine. It’s just a few minutes
What’s special about the door or do you mean just opening it? If the latter, that still won’t prevent it from collecting at the ceiling and you’d better hope you remembered to open the door.