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The article mentions Norway, and it also highlights how many electric vehicles perform nearly as well in very cold conditions, though some (particularly from GM
by neogodless 5y ago
The article mentions Norway, and it also highlights how many electric vehicles perform nearly as well in very cold conditions, though some (particularly from GM and Ford) do much worse.
> In Norway — where half of all new cars are plug-ins — tests show that EVs lose about 20% of their driving range and take longer to charge in cold temperatures, according to the Norwegian Automobile Federation.
- dkarl 5y ago> some (particularly from GM and Ford) do much worse Naturally people who don't like EVs are going to cherry-pick these problems, but the mixed results suggest to me that it's down to a deficiency in the design and testing process at some companies. I had a 2009 Prius where the rubber pad on the metal hatchback handle melted, fell off, and left a thick streak of rubber adhered to my license plate. It was a known issue in that model of Prius and affected a lot of people in the southwestern US. Was it a great engineering challenge to create a handle that could handle such heat? Did they consciously decide to sell something that would fail in an ugly and embarrassing way right below their brand logo? I doubt it; I suspect it was a new design that they failed to test rigorously enough.