There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads

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• ObsidianZed@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’m curious how well they handle the colder temperatures.

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  • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    It’s a mixed bag imo. Don’t go on a long road trip in the cold…

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    • eltrain123@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’ve been traveling all across the US in an EV and haven’t had any issues with range in the winter. Colorado mountains during ski season, Wyoming, Idaho, Montana in the spring. The built in navigation routes you to chargers based on current conditions and I’ve seen minimal range drop.

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  • Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Battery capacity plummets when temperatures drop really low.

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    • Evotech@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Also charging is a whole lot slower

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• pmk@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Norway is a rich country so the government can help people buy electric instead of gasoline cars. Of course, they got rich by selling oil, but yes.

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  • CheeseNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And a lot of smart investment, see the UK for an example of a country that got a 50% share in the exact same oil fields and continues to run itself into the ground to pay oligarchs.

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• Blackmist@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, I’d be a bit more excited if they weren’t making most of the money to pay for that by exporting vast amounts of oil and gas.

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