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You know, that's a good point. Why wouldn't you keep a small refrigerator in an EV?
A typical mini fridge uses about 0.4 to 1.2 kilowatt-hours (kWh) per day,
Either a 77 or 92 kWh battery.
You can run the refrigerator for months without a charge, and of course only if something is in it.
Except for the whole slave labor bit, this is an amazing car.
This would be the ICE killer.
Where's the original comment or article about refrigerators in EVs?
It's in the linked article.
Oh right, missed it on my first skim through.
No one needs a refrigerator in a car
Speak for yourself. Having the ability to store and have cold drinks on a long trip is great. Even being able to keep things cold on the way home from the shops is advantageous.
Few people need power windows, yet not a lot of hand cranks exist these days.
Correct, but it sounds more useful than 99% of extras that cars have nowadays. Beach trips and car camping would be a use case that goes with the whole SUV theme that people seem to currently go for.
The Uber store does