Marc Pochet

This is a long one, so buckle up fellow EV nerds. If you own an EV, you have most likely been asked this question, probably many, many times: "How much Range does your EV lose in the winter?" So, if you are just curious or your yourself are considering buying an EV in the future, you have come to the right place! I hope to enlighten you with this blog to expand your basic understanding of thermodynamics and how to apply that knowledge to understand how EVs work in winter weather! If you...

I have a 2025 Polestar 3 and have been running tons of winter tests the past two months. I just wanted to write this short rant. The Polestar's navigation calculations for arrival SOC have generally been pretty good, often pessimistic, arriving with a couple percent more than the estimated at departure. But this winter, I have experienced a handful of instances where the estimates weren't just a little optimistic, they were downright horrible, double digit SOC horrible. I am not sure if...

I just returned from a weekend roadtrip from my home in SE PA to Warsaw, Indiana and back.  This is the first time I have road-tripped using mostly Non-Tesla chargers. Other than the cost/kWh being 25-50% more than the Tesla chargers (particularly with a monthly subscription), all of the chargers we stopped at were great. I think we ran into only 2 Chargers that weren't working and I had one session on my final leg home where I seemed to be having a communications issue between my Polestar...