Kudos to @jeffdom1978
For playing with notions of pre-heating battery a different way. (If you're not living North of the 49th-ish this probably all seems strange to you. And yes, I HAVE used a blow torch on my engine block before to soften the oil enough to crank the engine...)
Some folks have already chimed in "just heat your garage"... The way I look at this is .... you are heating the garage but in a somewhat targeted way that puts the most benefit of heat closest to where it needs to be. The fact that some heat doesn't transfer to battery is OK, you're heating the garage and that's fine too.
This isn't a unique problem for EV's in cold climates. They call ICE cars ICE for a reason.... they get frozen blocks too.
For playing with notions of pre-heating battery a different way. (If you're not living North of the 49th-ish this probably all seems strange to you. And yes, I HAVE used a blow torch on my engine block before to soften the oil enough to crank the engine...)
Some folks have already chimed in "just heat your garage"... The way I look at this is .... you are heating the garage but in a somewhat targeted way that puts the most benefit of heat closest to where it needs to be. The fact that some heat doesn't transfer to battery is OK, you're heating the garage and that's fine too.
This isn't a unique problem for EV's in cold climates. They call ICE cars ICE for a reason.... they get frozen blocks too.