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Originally Posted by asianthree
Three kids all have one EV
one in St Paul, heated garage, because it’s ST Paul, EV no issues winter or summer, second car is a Benz.
One in MI heated garage, EV lives among the 4 Rovers, no issues winter or summer
One in Louisville, EV and a Beemer, share AC garage No issues using Ev winter or summer, but AC could extend batteries.
All drive less than 10 miles to work, but may return multiple times in 24 hour. EV traded in before batteries need replacement. But they are diehard EV users, and will replace with same.
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There is a story in Newsbreak today about the reliability of EVs versus ICE vehicles in the winter in Norway. Norway has the MOST EVs in Europe with 24% of all vehicles. Norway's statistics show that the internal combustion engine vehicles break down MORE often in cold weather than EVs.
...........Now obviously the people in Norway have more experience with EVs than the US, which has only about 7% of new car sales being EVs. Norway probably has more charging stations than the US. And the article did NOT say which MAKE of automobile was popular in Norway. Maybe there are a lot of Volvos and Mercedes in Norway and they have some special strong design features set up for cold weather.
..........But, people in the US need to realize that EVs are early in their production history. They have GREAT potential for improvement and reliability as MORE are purchased. Electric motors are inherently more reliable than IC engines. Electric motor revolve in a circle, while IC engines reciprocate up and down and thus are less efficient. And the center of gravity for the Electric motor and batteries is lower, which is basically superior to an IC engine.
.........The US vehicle makers like Tesla might want to study WHY Norway EVs are so reliable in the cold and year round.