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    Cold weather performance has to improve a bit too. That 300km can easily become 200 or less in a Canadian prairie winter, which isn’t enough to be competitive with ICE vehicles, and given the state of charging infrastructure.

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      Don’t forget that this article mentions that cars with shorter range will be more useful by 2030. There are still a few years to improve charging tech and infrastructure.

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        Right, but having to stop to charge midway through a 2-300 km trip isn’t that practical for most around here. That length of drive isn’t uncommon and stopping would be a turnoff for people used to doing the whole trip with an ICE vehicle.