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To put some numbers to this: Oslo, Norway: Average low, coldest month: -5.3 C Record low, all time: -26 C versus Indianapolis, Indiana, United States: Ave

by scythe 5y ago

To put some numbers to this: Oslo, Norway: Average low, coldest month: -5.3 C Record low, all time: -26 C versus Indianapolis, Indiana, United States: Average low, coldest month: -6.2 C Record low, all time: -33 C

hammock 5y ago
Never would have guessed this. Thanks
reaperducer 5y ago
Why did you choose Indianapolis for the comparison? Why not Minneapolis, or Cheyenne, or some other North American city that is also away from the coasts? Why not Regina? I think part of the problem is that because EVs are still new, people are going to expect or demand reliability. It's only better if it's better in every way. When I worked in a cold city, you would occasionally hear people say, "Sorry I'm late for work, boss. Car wouldn't start, and I had to get a jump." Because it's new, saying, "Sorry I'm late for work, boss. It's cold, so my car had less range and I had to stop at the Slurp-n-Burp to recharge" isn't going to be met with the same level of sympathy.
- scythe 5y ago
  Indianapolis is a decently large city, and it's not that far north nor in an obviously cold mountainous region. Most people wouldn't recognize it as exceptionally cold for the US. It's also south of several large Midwestern cities. So, it was a good way to show that a large fraction of the US (and of course Canada) gets colder than Oslo.
  - Someone 5y ago
    For reference: Indianapolis is about 40 degrees north of the equator, Oslo about 60, so it’s over 2,000 km more closer to the equator. Indianapolis is at about the latitude of Madrid. The Gulf Stream really works.
    - oh_sigh 5y ago
      Not only the Gulf Stream, but also the polar jet stream, which frequently dips down into the American midwest in winter, making the temperature in Indianapolis about as cold as it is much further north in Canada. Sometimes even colder. e.g. https://cms.accuweather.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/static-winter-jet-stream-example-1.jpg https://cms.accuweather.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/stati...
- dylan604 5y ago
  If they had used Minneapolis or Cheyenne, someone else would have posted why did you choose Minneapolis or Cheyenne.
rr808 5y ago
> Average low, coldest month: -5.3 C Crazy thing is this January there looks to be only one night where it went below zero.
robscallsign 5y ago
I've been wondering how the EV adoption will play out in Canada. For example, the city I live in with a population of 162k had a record all time low of -48.3 C, and average lows in January of −17.9C, and 4 of months of the year have average lows below -10C.

by scythe 5y ago

hammock 5y ago

Never would have guessed this. Thanks

reaperducer 5y ago

Why did you choose Indianapolis for the comparison? Why not Minneapolis, or Cheyenne, or some other North American city that is also away from the coasts? Why not Regina? I think part of the problem is that because EVs are still new, people are going to expect or demand reliability. It's only better if it's better in every way. When I worked in a cold city, you would occasionally hear people say, "Sorry I'm late for work, boss. Car wouldn't start, and I had to get a jump." Because it's new, saying, "Sorry I'm late for work, boss. It's cold, so my car had less range and I had to stop at the Slurp-n-Burp to recharge" isn't going to be met with the same level of sympathy.

scythe 5y ago
Indianapolis is a decently large city, and it's not that far north nor in an obviously cold mountainous region. Most people wouldn't recognize it as exceptionally cold for the US. It's also south of several large Midwestern cities. So, it was a good way to show that a large fraction of the US (and of course Canada) gets colder than Oslo.
- Someone 5y ago
  For reference: Indianapolis is about 40 degrees north of the equator, Oslo about 60, so it’s over 2,000 km more closer to the equator. Indianapolis is at about the latitude of Madrid. The Gulf Stream really works.
  - oh_sigh 5y ago
    Not only the Gulf Stream, but also the polar jet stream, which frequently dips down into the American midwest in winter, making the temperature in Indianapolis about as cold as it is much further north in Canada. Sometimes even colder. e.g. https://cms.accuweather.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/static-winter-jet-stream-example-1.jpg https://cms.accuweather.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/stati...
dylan604 5y ago
If they had used Minneapolis or Cheyenne, someone else would have posted why did you choose Minneapolis or Cheyenne.

rr808 5y ago

> Average low, coldest month: -5.3 C Crazy thing is this January there looks to be only one night where it went below zero.

robscallsign 5y ago

I've been wondering how the EV adoption will play out in Canada. For example, the city I live in with a population of 162k had a record all time low of -48.3 C, and average lows in January of −17.9C, and 4 of months of the year have average lows below -10C.