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Every guide says winter tires cost an electric car 5 to 10 percent of its range. None of them says what that number was measured against. Here is what the regulated data actually shows, and how to read the one figure that tells you the answer for a specific tire.
At 20°F an electric car loses about 12% of its range with the heater off and about 41% with it on. Roughly two-thirds of what you lose is spent warming the cabin, not the battery, which is why the fixes most guides recommend are the wrong ones.
Avoid the common pitfalls of new EV ownership, from financial mistakes like buying new to operational errors like daily 100% charging.