herbie herbie:
There's tons of videos about winter EV driving and road tripping.
Even though 'road tripping' in an RV is pretty moronic.
One guy in Saskatchewan's video showed his Tesla interior warming to +25 in a few minutes, something I swear it takes a Wrangler hours to do... drove just as well in the snow... didn't eat as much gas as a school bus... at -30 still had enough charge to go 200+ km...
yeah they're just awful. I'll wait until the range is better. just like I waited until smokes were $1 a pack to quit {/sarcasm]
(like I quit a few years ago when when I realized that what I spent on smokes could equal monthly payment on a damn Tesla...)
The key here is that range is affected by all five factors the article notes, not just the outside temperature.
How many people are in your vehicle, if it's fully loaded with camping/fishing gear, if you run the heater/AC, how you drive (drive like a jerk and your battery runs down faster), etc.
A charge of 200+ km doesn't get me anywhere fun in Alberta (Red Deer doesn't count) - it means at least one, probably two stops to recharge for 30 - 60 minutes each time. That adds significantly to travel time. It's already a 4 hour drive to Banff for me, with an EV it's going to add almost 50% more travel time.
There's also the cost - it's hard to convince someone to shell out $70K for a Tesla Y or other third row EV, when they can get an Explorer or Durango for $50K.
EVs are getting better every year, and are just fine of you're only driving around town, going to work shopping, etc., but I don't see them being able to replace most families bigger vehicle just yet.
I want an EV eventually, but so far there is nothing affordable on the market that meets our needs. That is changing though as most manufacturers are going to go all electric in the next decade or so.
CKA Uber 
