# How does the cold winter weather affect your electric car?

**URL:** https://community.electricforum.com/t/how-does-the-cold-winter-weather-affect-your-electric-car/6033
**Category:** EV Small Talk
**Created:** [May 9, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/how-does-the-cold-winter-weather-affect-your-electric-car/6033 "2016-05-09T07:18:51Z")
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### Author: ![EvForum](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/evforum/32/322_2.png) [@EvForum](https://community.electricforum.com/u/EvForum)
#### Post date: [May 9, 2016, 7:18am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/how-does-the-cold-winter-weather-affect-your-electric-car/6033/1 "2016-05-09T07:18:51Z")

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Gavin Shoebridge takes a look at how the cold weather can impact the performance of your electric car in this very informative post:-

[Winter in an electric car!](http://kiwiev.com/winter/)

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### Author: ![Greendriver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Greendriver](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Greendriver)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/how-does-the-cold-winter-weather-affect-your-electric-car/6033/2 "2016-05-10T23:23:34Z")

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It is common knowledge that in extreme weather conditions the range and efficiency of an EV can be impacted - how does the weather impact your vehicle?