I'd like to try an EV but I know it won't have the range I can rely on in the cold here either. I'm not too sold that the longevity is there either. I'm driving a 2001 Toyota Tacoma with 380,000km right now.

Interesting observation by a person who frequently declares that things that are not on his personal radar don't or shouldn't matter to other people.

For many people north don't exist

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As I said: a few regions.

Yes but most in a South Norway, north still old school fuel. South Sweden el cars works fine, our busses and train at winter are often are broke because of cold, 20 years ago all was working fine

I'm not talking about cars. But while there are certainly a few regions where EVs are at a physical disadvantage, Norway is the country with the most EVs per capita. And it happens to be the 4th coldest country in the world.