Summary
Norway is on track to become the first country to eliminate gasoline and diesel cars from new car sales, with EVs making up over 96% of recent purchases.
Decades of incentives, including tax breaks and infrastructure investments, have driven this shift.
Officials see EV adoption as a “new normal” and aim for electric city buses by 2025.
While other countries lag behind, Norway’s success demonstrates the potential for widespread EV adoption.
They do work slightly worse when it’s very cold, but it’s fine.
See my response to the guy above. I don’t think you can say it’s only “slightly” worse.
About 20% less efficient, so still 60% more than ICE.
While there is no hard rules involved with the word “slightly” when used to describe a change in percentage it is generally used for changes of 5% or less.
Yes this is getting pedantic about the English language but a 20% change would be more accurately referred to as a “moderate” change.
And you are absolutely correct ICE engines are always less thermally efficient than EVs. Your average standard gasoline engine these days is somewhere in the ballpark of ~25% efficient. Some of the more efficient diesel ICEs are up to 50% efficient these days. EVs tend to be around ~90% thermally efficient.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667141723001088#%3A~%3Atext=Typically%2C+most+Li-ion+battery%2C]%2C+[21]].
Also it’s not a 20% loss at 0°C. It’s closer to 50%. Which would be most accurately described as a “significant” loss of efficiency.
https://ev.aaa.com/articles/are-electric-cars-good-in-winter/#%3A~%3Atext=How+much+of+a%2Ccar's+heating+system+is+on.
Even AAA did research that shows it’s anywhere from 10% loss in range to 40% loss as you get colder and colder.
Batteries don’t stay at 0C very long… Because you heat them up. It’s a known and solved problem.