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- [Narrator] We already
knew electric vehicles

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don't do so well in the cold.

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Well, apparently they don't
really like extreme heat either.

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According to automotive
news, the recent heatwave

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across much of the Southern and Western US

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has brought their range
issue to the forefront.

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A Seattle-based EV battery
and range analytics company

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called Recurrent has
reportedly tested thousands

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of vehicles in various weather conditions.

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What they found was

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that many vehicles experienced
significant declines

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in their range as temperatures rose.

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Some apparently suffered
a 31% drop when temps got

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around 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

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At cooler temperatures, the
range loss wasn't as high.

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There was an average

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of a 5% reduction at 90 degrees Fahrenheit

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and a 2.8% reduction in
80 degrees Fahrenheit.

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In order to calculate
these average temperatures,

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Recurrent used a blend of
data from 17,000 vehicles

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the company keeps track of.

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That data includes 65 EVs
and plug-in hybrid models

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that include Tesla's entire model lineup,

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the Chevy Bolt EV,
Hyundai Kona, Nissan Leaf,

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and Ford's F 150 Lightning
and Mustang Mach E.

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Luckily for EV owners, it doesn't seem

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like excessive heat will
damage EV batteries long term

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because they aren't always driven

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in a hundred plus degree weather

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and EVs have a fairly robust
system to cool batteries.

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