I’ve never driven a Tesla, let alone charged one, but in Quebec I see Teslas plugged in with CCS adapters a *lot*. It probably helps that the Circuit Electrique network is extremely reliable.

Coulda been an HS student. Teenagers are not well known for making good driving decisions, and they haven’t had the driving time to become good drivers.

VT has a decent amount of charging networks, and Quebec’s Circuit Electrique is *excellent*. Usually only 2 chargers at a location, but they’re everywhere, and their reliability is very good, if the charger shows up in their app, I know it’ll be working when I get there.

Current batteries don’t have a problem operating in the cold, the issue is that it takes more energy to shove the denser air out of the way, not to mention run the heaters (especially when it’s too cold for the heatpump to do much). At -30C in Quebec our EV started easier than any ICE vehicle I’ve ever owned ;)

Yep. I used to commute 300 miles roundtrip from college to my parent’s place on weekends to work from Quebec to NH, and I saw 4WD & AWD vehicles in the ditch *constantly* during the winter storms, while I cruised by with my Honda Accord (and later Civic) with my snows on.