What gets me about Japan is how practical electric cars would be there. I lived in Hokkaido, and, in my experience:

* It was quite unusual for anyone to drive further than 300km in a day,

* The cold weather rarely got too far below zero so the range reduction from cold weather would be much smaller,

* On-street parking isn't a thing so charging stations would be easier to put in.

They do great with small, fuel efficient cars (like your Lapin!), and the Leaf is good, but I'm left wondering why EVs haven't been as big as they could be

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