The first petrol cars in the early 20th century were clearly unsuitable for the Canadian winters. At some point they became 'suitable'.

EVs in the frost and ice of Norway work fine.

So much so that EVs outsell the old fossils there...


Aside: I've driven my EV through snow and ice this year, already, and on ungritted roads. All was good. The smooth traction control is fantastic. The aircon/heating worked fine. The conditions and extra time cost an additional 5% of battery.


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EVs in the frost and ice of Norway work fine.

So much so that EVs outsell the old fossils there...

Hmmm, the Norwegian climate is wet, quite cool but in particular 'oceanic'. Just on the (almost uninhabited) central southern mountain plateau (I think it's called 'Hardangervidda') it gets truly cold in winters.

It would be interesting to know how (EV) things are East of the Skandes mountain range which blocks relatively warm Atlantic air, that is in Central and Northern Sweden or Finland where it's often and for long weeks really cold.

Electricity is cheap* in Norway as well as in Sweden; I don't know about Finland.

Privately owned homes rather than rental apartments are typical outside densely built-up city centers in Norway as well as in Sweden. This enables cheap charging at home overnight. No need to dig cable trenches for charging infrastructure first. Then, there's plenty of flexible hydro generation feeding the grid... Nuclear in SE/FI as well...

Do I try to question why there are so few EVs sold in Germany? Maybe.

* I'm no longer sure about Southern Norway with its multiple gigawatts of transit capacity from at least five HVDC links to the UK, NL, DE, and DK, which often multiplies prices at power exchanges on par to our insane continental scarcity prices.

[EDIT to add:]Ahh, of course you have to pay hefty import tariffs for new as well as used foreign made cars in Norway. The only local car manufacturer produces... EVs.

There aren't motorways in the sparsely populated Norway which spreads 1,750 kilometers (1,080 miles) to the North along deeply incised fjords, which makes long distances even longer. The few railways are really comfy but slow (students and pensioners). So, SAS and Norwegian Airlines domestic flights fulfill the function of long distance motorways and high speed railways on the continent. EVs are fantastic for the typical usage of cars in Norway.