Good point. And perhaps it is that simple. I'd research the cold weather in Ireland, though. One reason my wife and I got an EV as one of our cars is because we live in the warm southeastern U.S. Even if the EV still gets you from point A to point B in the harsh cold, the cold might greatly reduce the miles/kWh throughput to make it cost as much or more to charge the EV than driving with a gas car. (Admittedly I don't know if that's true -- I didn't research the math on it because it didn't apply to me.)
Well this could become a “hot” issue…Ireland is surrounded by ocean. There are plenty of storms in the North Atlantic.
That means lots of salt spray.
Let’s just say after a nor’easter goes through there are plenty of transformers that blow.
What’s to say the EVs won’t do the same?