Yeah, it's not that cut and dry. We get 430kms in the summer, driving sanely. If it's below -20, and we warm up the battery, we still lose about 20%, driving on the hwy to got to Banff. If we don't warm up, we lose closer to 35-40%. That's below -20. If it's -10 and warmer, no problem. The difference is negligible. Now for my wife, we have a heated garage, and her car is plugged in. If she warms up, and goes to work, where she has heated underground parking, she notices a small drop when it's really cold. The distance is only 20kms, so no big deal. You do need to be more aware. Go to chinook mall, you go underground and use the ev parking spots. Most hotels have ev parking as well. Hell the Banff springs has free valet parking for ev's, and they plug it in for you. I know one family without a gas car. They have a model x, a model 3 (long range battery) and a roadster. They also have property in Nanaimo, and Canmore, and Calgary. They have chargers at all of their homes. They have never had an issue. Of course, they are loaded, so they can do that. It wouldn't be as easy for someone who has a shorter range model 3.
I do have some friends who are looking at a model 3, who would rent a car for long road trips. They do this now. They have an older small car, and when they go away, they just rent a car. They live in the core, and have no need for two vehicles.
I can't see EV's everywhere for quite a while. The rural hockey mom needs to get her kid to another rural town in the middle of winter. An EV wouldn't cut it. When I was a kid, we would drive 1 hour to an hour and half in -25. Play the game, and the car is sitting in the cold for 2 and half hours, and then you need to drive it home. Warming up a frozen battery takes a lot of energy, and then keeping the kids warm in the back for the trek home also takes a lot of energy.
It's easy for Calgarians to own an EV now. But for rural people, it will be a while before it makes sense I think. I could see farming equipment going EV before the family suburban.
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