There are many parts of Norway where it’s hard or impossible to start diesel cars without block heaters. EVs are indeed much easier to start and more reliable.

There are many parts of Norway where it’s hard or impossible to start diesel cars without block heaters. EVs are indeed much easier to start and more reliable. The postal service changes all jts vehicles on Svalbard to electric. Svalbard is an island close to the North Pole. I think many EVs have resistive heating elements as backup to the heat pump? But it’s brutal on range of course.