-Mild Climate
-Homeowner w/ Garage and high voltage charger
-Mostly local driving
ICE seems to be a better fit for people who drive long distances regularly, live in colder climates, and may not have easy access to a charger
-Mild Climate
-Homeowner w/ Garage and high voltage charger
-Mostly local driving
ICE seems to be a better fit for people who drive long distances regularly, live in colder climates, and may not have easy access to a charger
https://elbil.no/norway-celebrates-another-record-breaking-y...
And, in anecdata, I just did a 1000 mile road trip in my 2016 Tesla through many frigid places in the USA. It was fine. Your argument sounds a lot to me like "people don't/shouldn't ride bicycles when it's cold or snowing" and that's also demonstrably false in my opinion:
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/01/22/meet-the-bike-...
2) Norway is only 5 million in population.
3) Norwegian policy encourages EV purchases with various fees and subsidies to encourage EV and discourage ICE.
Source?
Like the commenter you replied to, I think I'd have bought an EV for my last car if my ICE car had a 70% tax applied to it, but I wouldn't be happy about it, and it would only fit my budget, not my lifestyle.
A 70% tax on petrol cars will shift the scales somewhat. I really doubt 8/10 of new cars would be EVs if the VAT and purchase taxes were applied to them as for ICE cars.
EVs come with other conveniences too like lower maintenance demands and costs. As with all things, there are just tradeoffs. I would also expect the software to be better in non-traditional manufacturers' cars - though this is not EV specific.
But... you should absolutely have a place to charge that isn't a Supercharger (or other fast charger). I think it's crazy people buy Teslas and go to the Supercharger every other day for ~30 minutes+.