In the middle of nowhere...
An EV makes no sense for me - at least one that relies on OTA updates.
I live off-grid on solar power and a generator for 2 months out of the year. Cell service is but a dream.
I'm 13 km from the nearest hydro pole, and 50km from the nearest charge point (at a GM dealership), so an EV makes no sense. Especially since -40 to -50 is common in the winter. I'd have to run the generator for almost a week straight to get enough charge to get to the closest charge point.
Which defeats the whole point of an EV.
I've driven a Tesla and while the acceleration is a riot, a full EV does not make a lot of sense in lot of Canadaland if you're outside a city. The road are shit because it goes from -40 to +30 every year and there's very few public charge points even on the major cross-country highway. If I drive two hours west on the main highway, there are two signs. One is "350 km to the next gas station" (and there are no charging stations for at least 600 km) - and you lose cell service shortly thereafter.
The other sign tells me that it's 515 km to the next McDonald's.
There's a lot of work to do to make EVs work in this country cost of charging notwithstanding.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
