Did you learn to drive in Canada? A prominent part of the your driving lessons should have been that one of the first things you do after getting stuck in mud or snow is to ensure your tail pipe is clear.
What kills in the winter is unpredictability. Range is predictable and easy to mitigate.
It's the winter. You've slid off the road. You're probably in the ditch. You've probably taken some damage to the vehicle. Whether or not you've taken damage, you're now stuck. Something is preventing you from safely walking for help. At -30 or worse after an accident that's more likely than not.
The above is not an uncommon scenario in the winter. So you wait in the vehicle for help to arrive, hoping you don't freeze to death before it does.
You're safer in an electric vehicle.
- If you've plowed into a snow covered ditch, your car may be partially or fully entombed, and you're at risk of a carbon monoxide poisoning.
- there are stories of such vehicles not being found for days. Having heat for days might save your life
> Did you learn to drive in Canada? A prominent part of the your driving lessons should have been that one of the first things you do after getting stuck in mud or snow is to ensure your tail pipe is clear.
Yes I learned to drive in Canada. In a snowy region (3-10 metres of snow yearly depending on elevation). And I ski 50-100+ days per year. And will drive extra for powder snow.
Amount of times I've got stuck in snow? Zero. If you learn to drive in the snow, have winter tires, you just don't get stuck. Especially when you're putting in thousands (tens?) of kms and hundreds of days on snow covered roads.
Did YOU learn to drive here? Guessing no if you get stuck in the snow or slide off the road...
Edit - should add, around here (Alberta Rockies to the BC interior) there's as much as hundreds of KMs between towns/cities. Bad place to ever get stuck. Which is why you simply don't. Also why I'm not trusting an electric car in -40 when there's no cell service for ~200 km spans.
The only place I've ever gotten stuck in the snow is in my own yard, and I've been driving in snow for over 40 years.
But every single time I go out in the winter I have a plan for what I'll do if it does happen. Because it happens to people, good drivers and bad, snow tires or not.
> Also why I'm not trusting an electric car in -40 when there's no cell service for ~200 km spans.
You shouldn't be trusting any vehicle. Both an electric car and a gasoline car might let you down when you need it. The gasoline car is more likely to let you down, though. I presume you have a proper winter kit in your vehicle so you don't have to trust your vehicle.
Winter kit? Of course. My father gave me one the day I turned 16. Never needed it but you're right, when it's -40 and you're in the middle of nowhere, better safe than sorry.
What kills in the winter is unpredictability. Range is predictable and easy to mitigate.
It's the winter. You've slid off the road. You're probably in the ditch. You've probably taken some damage to the vehicle. Whether or not you've taken damage, you're now stuck. Something is preventing you from safely walking for help. At -30 or worse after an accident that's more likely than not.
The above is not an uncommon scenario in the winter. So you wait in the vehicle for help to arrive, hoping you don't freeze to death before it does.
You're safer in an electric vehicle.
- If you've plowed into a snow covered ditch, your car may be partially or fully entombed, and you're at risk of a carbon monoxide poisoning.
- there are stories of such vehicles not being found for days. Having heat for days might save your life