None of the 4 biggest Canadian cities have EVER had -40C temperatures. No, wind chill does not count.
In fact, most years they’re not even getting to -30C, and if it does happen it’s only for 1 to 2 days. The rest of the time you’re dealing with average -10C, which China also regularly deals with. But guess what, even if you can’t use your EV one day out of 364 days that’s not that big a deal. Most people should just stay home that day.
The source is I’m Canadian and lived in Ottawa for a decade.
Not just the 4 biggest. None of them... unless you're counting the far north. Maybe Fort Mac in an extreme cold spell, but even there it would be only overnight and extremely rare.
And also an EV would work just fine, just with lower efficiency.
That’s not true, Alberta and Manitoba do get that cold, and even colder during extreme events. The territories also deal with these temperatures as well. But if necessary those places can stick to ICE and the rest of Canada where the vast majority lives can use EVs
Looking it up online, it looks like Edmonton experienced -40C as recently as 2022. That’s probably the minimum and the average was a lot higher though.
None of the 4 biggest Canadian cities have EVER had -40C temperatures. No, wind chill does not count.
In fact, most years they’re not even getting to -30C, and if it does happen it’s only for 1 to 2 days. The rest of the time you’re dealing with average -10C, which China also regularly deals with. But guess what, even if you can’t use your EV one day out of 364 days that’s not that big a deal. Most people should just stay home that day.
The source is I’m Canadian and lived in Ottawa for a decade.