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Do Electric Vehicles Fail At A Lower Rate Than Gas Cars In Extreme Cold?

22 Jan 2024 | Abstracted from Slashdot

"In a country experiencing extreme cold - and where almost 1 in 4 cars are electric - a roadside assistance company says it's still gas-powered cars that are experiencing the vast majority of problems starting.

"Viking, a Norwegian road assistance company...says that it responded to 34,000 assistance requests in the first 9 days of the year. Viking says that only 13% of the cases were coming from electric vehicle."

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