Mr. Frank Barr:

I think an electric car would perform better than a petrol car in snowy conditions. One would not have a problem starting the car, which one may have with a petrol car. The issue of the car sliding on the road in such conditions would be pretty much the same as for petrol cars. The range in an electric car would drop in colder conditions but I do not think one would have a problem with the car's performance in trying to start the car. Norway has proved that. There are 66,000 electric cars in use there and they do not have seem to have a problem in those conditions.