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by Joel_Mckay 327 days ago
It is the low temperature performance that make most EV impractical. A Tesla power pack heater means the charge will be completely depleted if left outdoors for more than a week in winter.

EV are meant for people that live in 4'C to 42'C weather, and have excess capacity on their solar installations. Everyone else is getting subsidized by their neighbors paying for excess electrical capacity. =3

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Someone needs to tell all those people in Norway.
NY and Chicago are a little closer... =3