{"id":63,"date":"2026-08-25T12:22:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:22:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/2026\/08\/25\/why-winter-range-drops-by-a-third-and-what-to-do-about-it\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T12:22:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T12:22:11","slug":"why-winter-range-drops-by-a-third-and-what-to-do-about-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/2026\/08\/25\/why-winter-range-drops-by-a-third-and-what-to-do-about-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Why winter range drops by a third, and what to do about it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A lithium cell at 32\u00b0F delivers roughly two thirds of the usable capacity it delivers at 68\u00b0F. Nothing is broken \u2014 the chemistry simply moves more slowly, internal resistance climbs, and the controller cuts out earlier because it sees a sagging voltage rather than an empty pack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practical consequence is that a commute you comfortably cleared in October leaves you pushing in January. The fix is not a bigger pack; it is keeping the pack warm until the moment you ride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Store the battery indoors, charge it indoors, and fit it to the bike as you leave. On a long stop, bring the pack in with you rather than leaving it on the frame. And charge to 80% rather than 100% if the bike is going to sit for a week \u2014 a full pack held cold ages faster than a part-full one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lithium cells hate the cold. Here is the storage routine our technicians use on their own bikes from November to March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[31,33,32],"class_list":["post-63","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batteries","tag-batteries","tag-range","tag-winter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scintillawpthemes.com\/demo\/swp-ev-pro\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}