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Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« on: February 19, 2017, 03:20:06 PM »
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #1 on: February 19, 2017, 03:35:44 PM »
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #2 on: February 20, 2017, 01:50:48 PM »
Possibly dumb question: Doesn't the cold impair their performance?
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #3 on: February 20, 2017, 02:32:35 PM »
What of the reasons Bitcoin  mining is so big out that way too.
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #4 on: February 20, 2017, 04:39:12 PM »
Quote from: Rooftop on February 20, 2017, 01:50:48 PM
Possibly dumb question: Doesn't the cold impair their performance?

Interesting question! Interesting enough I had to go looking and the first article that came up mentions Norway
http://blog.ucsusa.org/dave-reichmuth/electric-cars-cold-weather-temperatures

The big thing I hadn't considered is an ICE is cranking out heat and always has extra heat waste that you can use to make the passenger compartment warm and toasty without having a big effect on fuel usage. But an electric car doesn't, so you have use fuel to heat the cab. Ideally, you 'precondition' the cab by heating it while you're still plugged in.
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #5 on: February 20, 2017, 07:22:48 PM »
Electric motors and battery discharge do make some heat, probably not enough to capture and heat a very cold cabin though.  I'd be curious to see if something  similar to the heating systems old air-cooled VWs would work on an electric car. 
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #6 on: February 21, 2017, 08:15:58 AM »
My Honda Insight (hybrid) is noticeably less efficient in below-freezing weather.
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2017, 03:04:31 PM »
My iPhone can't handle the cold. Anything below -2c and it shuts down.
..making playing PokemonGo a challenge in the current conditions we have.
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Re: Norway: Market share of electric vehicles reaches 37%
« Reply #8 on: February 21, 2017, 03:09:10 PM »
NIT playing PokemonGo is a challenge like lepercy or cancer  ;D
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