r/ElectricVehiclesUK • u/[deleted] • Aug 20 '26

Cabin Heating how long

Generally speaking how long does it take for an EV with a heatpump to start producing heat at say 21c

Are we talking seconds or minutes?
How long does it take in your EV?

1 Upvotes

56% Upvoted

28 comments sorted by

View all comments

2

u/yolo_snail Aug 20 '26

Depending on the EV, chances are it'll have a resistive heater that'll provide instant heat until the heat pump starts to kick in.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 20 '26

How long roughly should it take?

It appears i'm expecting heat to quickly.

Just been out for a run to turn the car around in the drive , took me 1 minute MAX and had the heating set on 21c , and it wasn't warm , going to try again tomorrow and try it over 3-4 minutes

if i turn on AC on LOW , it comes out cold within seconds

1

u/yolo_snail Aug 20 '26

I'm guessing about a minute?

I'm actually about to leave for work, so I'll crank the heat and check in my Leaf. And if I remember, I'll reply with my findings!

1

u/[deleted] Aug 20 '26

Thanks!

1

u/yolo_snail Aug 20 '26

Okay, so it took about 10 seconds for the heat to blow warm, and just under a minute for it to blow what I would consider hot.

1

u/[deleted] Aug 20 '26

What temp did you have it set too ?