Electric vehicle owners discover cold truth

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Electric vehicle owners across the Midwest are discovering a cold, hard truth this month: When they need their electric cars most, they often don’t work.

Joshalin Rivera can normally drive 273 miles on a 30-minute charge. But she woke up one frigid morning recently to discover that, without even touching her car, the cold had already drained a third of her battery overnight.

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