Norway's electric cars zip to new record: almost a third of all sales

Re:Norway's electric cars zip to new record: almost a third ... by Scoundreller on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @01:27PM (#18808608)

There are cold parts to the country, but a lot of the population lives in the South near the sea where the winter night time temperature doesn’t go much below zero Celsius.

And your vehicle is exposed to more moderated temperatures if parked indoors (even the pad of an unheated garage retains heat).

Plenty of parts of the US and Canada deal with much colder temperatures for months at a time.

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Re:Norway's electric cars zip to new record: almost a third ... by acchow on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @02:47PM (#18809430)

According to the graphs here, the most significant drop in range is cooling from the 10-20C bracket down to the 0-10C bracket

https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/15/tesla-range-plotted-rel...

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Re:Norway's electric cars zip to new record: almost a third ... by Scoundreller on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @03:43PM (#18809991)

That makes sense (but wow the variability on their initial plots!).

It would be nice to see plots for ranges of temps below 0C or temperatures where AC is desired.

I think a lot of people think of Norway in winter like they think of N. Minnesota in winter.

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