Hi all! I'm a longtime lurker on this list. Seeing as the article is talking about Alberta I'm going to add my 2 cents.
The photo of the model X on lake Minnewanka is a publicity stunt (obviously). It gets very cold in the winter and the range capability of the vehicle is going to be much lower than advertised for a majority of the year. https://cleantechnica.com/2018/07/15/tesla-range-plotted-relative-to-speed-temperature-graphs/ Destinations in Alberta are very far apart. Lake Minnewanka is a relatively close destination/trip for an Albertan and based on the temperature vs range plots i would be not surprised if the owner of that car was nervous about that trip(unknown what battery the model x had). The writer of the article seems to have a problem with Alberta in general as it doesn't go into detail or elaborate on why EV sales are low in Saskatchewan and Manitoba also. I imagine the reason for low sales in all three provinces is going to be similar. Cold weather and far off destinations make these vehicles impractical for many of the locals and thus demand for these vehicles low. The article claims that electric vehicle availability is lower in Alberta due to lack of money incentives and a big oil conspiracy. I think this is complete nonsense, the availability of these cars is lower due to lower demand. -- Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
