I don’t know about you, but I see people making this dumb claim all the time. “EVs don’t work in the cold!” they say. “I’ll never be able to buy one because I don’t live in sunny southern California.” After that, they probably hit “post,” slide their made in China phone into the pocket of their pants from Bangladesh, and then congratulate themselves for saving real American manufacturing or something.

But there’s just one problem: it’s 100% false, and Canadians (those mean people who don’t want to be the 51st state) gave us the proof.

If EVs didn’t work out in the cold, you’d think that the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA) would be the first to know. After all, it’s friggin’ cold up there! If we are to believe the anti-EV FUD Hype, there should be EVs on the side of every Canadian road, somehow simultaneously freezing and burning. Once the never-ending fire ends, the owners freeze to death, and their last words are usually something like, “I wish I bought a real American truck that runs on a mixture of diesel fuel and liberal tears!”

But the CAA has found the exact opposite of that when the organization tested a variety of EV models. Enough models to represent about ⅔ of what Canadian buyers have available to buy. They were sent on a trip from Ottawa to Mont Tremblant to see both how many kilometers it took to go dead and how long it takes to get a reasonable recharge at charging stations.

“CAA is responding to a top concern of Canadians when it comes to EVs,” said Ian Jack, vice-president for public affairs at CAA National, referring to figures showing that most EV owners are impacted by the cold. “We measured the effective range of electric vehicles in cold weather and how quickly they charge. These insights are critical for both current EV owners and those considering making the switch.”