So I have to take a road trip in an EV, and it’s winter. So I’m going to have to use the AC. I know in my old ICE car I could have the AC off and the fan would blow hot air just from the engine. With my EV it seems to be the same, even with the AC button off the vents are blowing hot air. Is that hot air just heat vented from the battery? Or is it still using battery power for the compressor to heat the air.
EVs are very efficient. This means they don’t have all this waste heat sloshing around as in an ICE.
On the down side this means an EV has to get some energy from teh battery to supply heating (but compared to the amount of energy you use for driving the energy for AC/Heating is tiny)
On the up side this means you get heat/cold instantly and don’t have to wait for a motor to heat up. It also means you can precool/preheat your car from the app and you neve have to fiddle around with AC/heater controls while driving.