India, May 12 -- Users of cars running on pure battery energy or powered by a hybrid powertrain often complain about not getting the range as much as quoted by the OEM. Some of that range discrepancy can be tracked down to the controlled nature of an official range test from which the quoted data is coming. Additionally, there is a healthy bit of marketing fluff as well. Now, a study conducted by the American Automobile Association (AAA) has revealed that weather conditions have tales to tell.

AAA tested electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles in controlled climate conditions. It has been revealed that cold weather had a much larger impact on the driving range of electric vehicles than heat, while hybrid vehicles also lost efficiency in ex...