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A closer look at why heat pumps are dominating EV HVAC systems

Charged EVs

Ignoring the “burning fuel” option as anathema to the objectives of a magazine about EVs, the remaining two options—a resistive heating element and a heat pump—are both used in EVs. kW to travel at 60 mph (100 kph), the max range will be 93 miles (150 km). Given a traction battery capacity of 24 kWh, and a power demand of 15.5