Never lived in northern new england i take it? Maybe in your neck of the woods they get plowed early and often. In some parts of the country you won't get to work until noon if you wait for the plows.

Because the vast majority of my traveling can be done using electricity and not gasoline.

It is way cheaper to charge it and I frankly like to drive it more, when it is using electricity. Sometimes I do longer trips and need to use gasoline and I do not have the option of charging it at home.