Extreme cold might reduce how far her electric vehicle can drive on a single charge by 40 per cent, but that isn’t a deal-breaker for Hay River, N.W.T. Locke said Teslas lose about 30 per cent of their range in the cold, and only lose 40 per cent in extreme “worst-case-scenario” cold. That’s because the battery has to “compensate” to keep itself — and the cabin — warm with electric heat, he said. Locke said that kind of infrastructure needs to come first, in order for electric vehicles to be widely adopted in the N.W.T. According to PlugShare, a website with a map of publicly accessible electric vehicle charging infrastructure, there are six level 2 charging stations in the territory.

Source: CBC News January 11, 2022 16:55 UTC