Hi All,
We're currently experiencing the worst blizzard in many years in Ireland. The area where I live is also one of the worst affected. We're fine, thankfully the power did not go out for us and we have everything we need. We're somewhat snowed in; I've been clearing my driveway but it doesn't do much good when the roads themselves have a foot of snow on them and we live on a hill where the only way out of the area is a steep incline.
I'm sure many of you in Canada or Northern Europe would be wondering what the fuss is about, but we don't have the equipment to handle snowfall well like some other countries since it's rare enough here and usually mild, it doesn't tend to accumulate like this.
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to see how well my electric car can defrost itself without any help, when it's completely covered in snow. While it obviously affects the range, the ease and convenience of defrosting is one of the major advantages of an electric car. Realistically, I should be pushing the snow off first, but I was curious to see how it would work out without doing that first. I ended up giving it 45 minutes with the heater on, which has been sped up 20x in this video.
Apologies for the sound in the last section of the video. The wind was howling and I was only using my mobile.
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