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> 1. Heat in the winter, this will reduce you range, some just a little, but in places like Minnesota in Feb, a lot. Better inform the folks in Norway (75% EV

> 1. Heat in the winter, this will reduce you range, some just a little, but in places like Minnesota in Feb, a lot. Better inform the folks in Norway (75% EV share), Iceland (45%), and Sweden (32%): * https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/electric-vehicles-europe-percentage-sales/ https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/02/electric-vehicles-eur... * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_Nordic_countries https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_the_Nordic_countrie... > 2. Stuck in traffic. If you are stuck in grid lock, that will cut in range, there have been cases were gridlock could last hours. As opposed to being stuck in track in an ICE vehicles? > To me, better off moving to very good public transportation. Perfect is the enemy of the good: * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_is_the_enemy_of_good If we're stuck with cars (in the short- or long-term), we might as well try to reduce carbon emissions.

jmclnx 3y ago
>Better inform the folks in Norway (75% EV share), Iceland (45%), and Sweden (32%): I was waiting for this, those countries do not get the winter people in Minnesota and Montana get. Far less sever on average. A quick search: Is Minnesota or Norway colder? What is this? FARGO — Oslo, the capital of Norway, is located at 60 degrees north. Fargo and Duluth are closer to 47 degrees north. Winter weather in the Dakotas and Minnesota, however, is much colder than in Oslo. and They are both northern places although Minnesota has a climate that is much more severe than that of most of Sweden, particularly in the winter months although Sweden is much further north. Stockholm is warmer in the wintertime and cooler during the summer months.
- rektide 3y ago
  Oslo is both sheltered & pretty far south for Norway. Norway only extends to 58 degrees N. It goes north to 71 degrees N. I don't actually known what a better comparison is & I don't know the answers, but I'm kind of unsurprised Oslo is so relatively warm. I haven't found good winter temperature maps but indeed the average temperature maps bear this out well. Interesting data point! I don't know how representative it is, how much it really says, but indeed surprising.
- gaganyaan 3y ago
  Hi from Minnesota. My EV works great, and I see a whole lot of other EVs on the road. Please just drop the cold argument. It's simply wrong.

jmclnx 3y ago

>Better inform the folks in Norway (75% EV share), Iceland (45%), and Sweden (32%): I was waiting for this, those countries do not get the winter people in Minnesota and Montana get. Far less sever on average. A quick search: Is Minnesota or Norway colder? What is this? FARGO — Oslo, the capital of Norway, is located at 60 degrees north. Fargo and Duluth are closer to 47 degrees north. Winter weather in the Dakotas and Minnesota, however, is much colder than in Oslo. and They are both northern places although Minnesota has a climate that is much more severe than that of most of Sweden, particularly in the winter months although Sweden is much further north. Stockholm is warmer in the wintertime and cooler during the summer months.

rektide 3y ago
Oslo is both sheltered & pretty far south for Norway. Norway only extends to 58 degrees N. It goes north to 71 degrees N. I don't actually known what a better comparison is & I don't know the answers, but I'm kind of unsurprised Oslo is so relatively warm. I haven't found good winter temperature maps but indeed the average temperature maps bear this out well. Interesting data point! I don't know how representative it is, how much it really says, but indeed surprising.
gaganyaan 3y ago
Hi from Minnesota. My EV works great, and I see a whole lot of other EVs on the road. Please just drop the cold argument. It's simply wrong.