Nah shurely the biggest waste of precious electrons ever?Today when I checked the car via the app prior to me going out, the interior temperature was reporting as 55°C!!!
To date the most valuable feature of this vehicle has now been decided.
Remote HVAC activation.
55 is a tad warm even for me
Why would you waste power cooling super heated air that's been stuck in the car, rather than getting that out, replaced with ambient temperature air & then air conditioning that?
My previous car did not have remote A/C (Mainly because the A/C pump was driven by the diesel engine via a belt) but it had comfort opening and closing of windows.Nah shurely the biggest waste of precious electrons ever?
Just open the car doors & let the hot air out
.Yeah the shining golden ball appears to move during the day
Yeah I miss that feature tooMy previous car did not have remote A/C (Mainly because the A/C pump was driven by the diesel engine via a belt) but it had comfort opening and closing of windows.
Press and hold the unlock button and it would roll down all 4 windows.
Not as effective as active A/C, but since the range of the keyfob was quite long, i could roll down the windows 30-60 seconds before getting to the car, which, if there was the slightest of wind would take the top of the temperature
Any last vestiges of any green credentials you might have claimed are all gone right there then
Yeah the shining golden ball appears to move during the day
By using the app, the car could be cooled before you arrive at the car.
Yerss. My point is the waste of energy in doing so...
Probably a good way to charge your 12v battery while on holidayIt’s about 150 miles away while we holiday in the Peak District
I think on a day like this the convenience out ways waste of energy unless its plugged in to solar then it win win
Less than I expected so 10min for 2 miles
into the air, while they are busy finishing their favourite breakfast cereal and catching up with their e.mails ??.We were doing some motorway driving this past week, and got to a spot, where some accident had slowed the traffic down, due to only one lane being open.Try running the engine in a fossil ( but please don’t ) for ten minutes to reduce the cabin temp and seen how much THAT costs in fossil fuel burn !.
More than the equivalent of 2 miles of EV range consumed, I would hazard a guess !.
Oh …… plus all the toxic gases kicked out of the exhaust on the fossil to boot, if we are worried about our green credentials.
E.G. - Like in winter time, we never see fossil owners running the engines of their cars in an attempt to defrost the windows and warm the cabin, before starting their journey ??.
Chuffing out white clouds of smoke
Are they unduly concerned about their green credentials at this point ?.
They could not give a flying sh*te or they would not be doing it in the first place.
The EV driver however, can defrost his car without any emissions from a tail pipe and is not guilty of leaving his vehicle running, unattended.
You choose the best / worst option here for yourself !.
It's not a waste of energy though when I can just get straight into my car and drive away without having to risk passing out due to the heat, or taking time to "air" the vehicle...
