 
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 5076
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 5:29 pm: |    |
How well do hybrids hold up to really cold temps? |
East_detroit
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Username: East_detroit
Post Number: 1745
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 5:37 pm: | |
No problem. What were you concerned about? The battery or ? |
Lilpup
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Username: Lilpup
Post Number: 5077
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 5:53 pm: | |
just wondering how they reacted - conventional battery/electrical doesn't usually like this cold |
Mwilbert
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Username: Mwilbert
Post Number: 477
Registered: 11-2007
| | Posted on Sunday, December 21, 2008 - 6:16 pm: | |
Hybrids are actually good that way, because they are designed to have a lot of extra cranking power so that they can routinely turn their engines on and off in normal operation. However, the batteries do lose power in cold weather as you describe, and you would get reduced range on the batteries in those conditions. |