[CodeToad]

“an icy street.”

Not to mention an electric motor breaks free on icy roads and the batteries supply less total energy when cold.

[PapaBear3625]

When visiting an elderly relative in Florida, I noticed that several people in her gated adult community kept golf carts instead of cars, for trips around the complex, and to the supermarket and movie theater (all accessible by private road, they don't go on the public streets).

In that context, an electric vehicle makes some sense.