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Get an electric engine warmer, defa or calix are popular here. Don’t know about NY but here in cold Sweden you can find such outlets on most private apartment block parking spaces. This is not an EV charger, just a normal power outlet you plug into your car for the purpose of heating the engine and some times also the cabin.

Today they aren’t as popular as they used to be, modern cars usually have no problem starting anyway. And most people are lazy to plug a cable so instead use the cars built in pre-conditioner, which sadly also burns diesel and smells even worse than when combusted through the engine.

More modern cars can also utilize the EV charger for this purpose. Another reason why hybrid or EVs are superior to diesel in the city.




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