Northern Climate FAQ

[CanadianMalts]

@SpaceEVDriver What really stands out to me, now that I've had the time to digest your data, is that the Harvester doesn't add nearly the cold-weather value I thought it would. Of course there's a lot of assumptions happening and we'll need to see closer to release, confirming EPA ranges and final chemistry and harvester tech. Changing oil twice a year just to get the right viscosity doesn't sound fun. I definitely won't miss oil changes, even if the filter and plug are easily accessible.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

@SpaceEVDriver What really stands out to me, now that I've had the time to digest your data, is that the Harvester doesn't add nearly the cold-weather value I thought it would. Of course there's a lot of assumptions happening and we'll need to see closer to release, confirming EPA ranges and final chemistry and harvester tech. Changing oil twice a year just to get the right viscosity doesn't sound fun. I definitely won't miss oil changes, even if the filter and plug are easily accessible.

Yeah, there are a ton of assumptions I made in this, so I wouldn’t internalize those numbers.

I will say that for anyone who has range anxiety when thinking about driving a BEV, especially in the very cold, an EREV would probably relieve that anxiety. But there are other real hassles to deal with in a hybrid.

And the ability to warm the engine via a heat pump is a new possibility that’s beyond the block heaters of today and is a pretty interesting possibility for the very, very cold for someone who wants an EREV.

 

[SpaceEVDriver]

In Norway, there’s a regular winter range test of EVs. The websites are in Norwegian, so you may want to pass them through a translation tool.
This year, temperatures were down at -32 ºC (-26 ºF). The coldest they’ve seen in the 11 years they’ve run the test.

El Prix 2026 – verdens største elbiltest | NAF

El Prix er verdens største elbiltest! To ganger i året tester NAF og Motor den faktiske rekkevidden og ladehastigheten til elbilene på det norske markedet.

www.naf.no

Here’s a table of the results for 2026. The red bars are percentage deviation from the WLTP (not the EPA) range estimate.

Here’s a map of the test and an elevation profile.

El Prix 2026 – verdens største elbiltest | NAF

El Prix er verdens største elbiltest! To ganger i året tester NAF og Motor den faktiske rekkevidden og ladehastigheten til elbilene på det norske markedet.

www.naf.no

Sadly, there weren’t many US BEVs in this test, since it’s a European test and there just aren’t many US-made BEVs, especially in the rest of the world.