Domenick Nati, a 44-year-old radio host from eastern Virginia, plugged his Tesla S into a supercharger last Friday afternoon when his battery was down to 40%.

Two hours passed and not much changed.

Nati attempted to contact Tesla customer support but received no response.

Winter is still scary for most electric vehicles.

During winter, sometimes we humans also fall into a state of illness.

`Recently, the actual battery life is only about 50%,` shared the owner of an electric car living in Jilin City, Jilin Province, northern China.

And don’t think that the 50% reduction in electric vehicle battery life is just an isolated case.

In a recent cold resistance test conducted for a series of electric vehicles from all brands in China, the famous L9 of the Li Auto brand failed to start on the first day.

The cars, both electric and fuel-powered, were taken to the extreme cold to participate in testing.

The average travel speed of all vehicles participating in the test was only 48.5% and the average travel range was only 268 km.

To better understand this test, the road the cars had to overcome was 341 km long, the average driving speed was about 50 km/h and all vehicles were equipped with snow tires.

Reading this far, if you think the distance of more than 200 km is quite long, remember that the test took place in conditions where the cars ran from a full battery state (100%) to completely depleted (0%).

It’s not too difficult to understand the reason.

Current technology does not allow electric vehicles to get through the winter easily.

Currently, many car brands are making efforts to improve the range of electric vehicles in winter.

In Tesla’s version 2022.36.6 update in early November, features of regenerative braking, cabin overheating protection, and automatic brake lights were tweaked to prepare for the

However, that does not mean that electric vehicles have `stayed still` in recent years.

The results of the trial in China also show that.

Also during the entire testing process, 38% of vehicles encountered various problems, the windows and door handles of 7 vehicles were frozen, the air suspension system of 3 vehicles had problems, but most

Vietnam, with not too harsh winters, can still be a `paradise` for electric vehicle development.

Fortunately, our winter in Vietnam, although cold, is not as harsh as in temperate countries.

However, facing `not so good` experiences when using electric vehicles in winter is still a reality that must be faced.

Refer to BI, NetEase