… In Finland, Ståle Frydenlund, test manager for the electric vehicle association, locked five new models into the proving ground’s cold chambers overnight and set the thermometer for -40 degrees. When he returned the next morning, the results were not particularly reassuring. Three of the vehicles – Kia Niro EV, Nissan Ariya and MG4 Electric – could not drive out of the chamber on their own power.
“We had to put the gear levers in neutral and push the cars out,” said Mr. Frydenlund.
The true believers interviewed for this article try desperately to put lipstick on a pig.
