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Lovv t1_iuruhat wrote

Reply to comment by gathermewool in 30 minutes of car preheating in sub-zero conditions produces as much particulate emissions as driving 97km in a gasoline car, or 20km in a diesel car “These findings do not suggest to stop preheating cars; instead, we could reduce the emissions by using similar methods that are in place for engine” by giuliomagnifico

I have a garage but I do not use it as there is a lot of salt use where I live. Salt and water are much worse for your care than salt and ice.

Anywho thanks for the discussion.

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Lovv t1_iurgfib wrote

Reply to comment by gathermewool in 30 minutes of car preheating in sub-zero conditions produces as much particulate emissions as driving 97km in a gasoline car, or 20km in a diesel car “These findings do not suggest to stop preheating cars; instead, we could reduce the emissions by using similar methods that are in place for engine” by giuliomagnifico

Agreed that this would shave some time off -

But for me it takes significantly longer to heat my interior than it does to start the engine.

So you might shave off 30 seconds or so of pre heat but it still would take a good 10 mins to warm up the car and by that time the engine is ready to go anyway.

My point being is that if you're going to take 10-15 mins to warm up the car and thaw the windshield does it really matter to preheat the engine and shave 1 or 2 minutes off the time to heat the interior.

The only way I'd see it working is to install an interior heater in parallel with the engine heater and imo it's kind of sketchy to have an electric element in your car while unattended.

I guess you would have to consider the extra cost for carrying around the extra weight from the two components in the car as well.

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