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While the opportunity to travel throughout Europe while living in Paris has been a wonderful learning experience, I’m incredibly grateful that I’ve been able to take the past few weeks to see different regions of France.

As Boston residents, we’re quite familiar with the challenges of cold winters, from snowstorms that keep us off the roads to slippery sidewalks covered in ice. Electric vehicle owners must now add to this list the uncertainty of their car’s performance and function during the winter months.

I spent the first few days in February on a weekend trip to the German capital of Berlin, where I had the chance to explore several museums, taste some craft beers, and ogle at world-famous monuments. While strolling between the Reichstag and the German Historical Museum, I wandered into a storefront filled with colorful, interactive art pieces that turned out to be a part of a Volkswagen installation on the latest in artificial intelligence

Culture shock is guaranteed when moving to a new country. Over the past few weeks living in my temporary home in Paris, I’ve noticed my fair share of unexpected cultural changes, from city-wide store closings on Sundays to a nearly universal appreciation for great bread and cheese.

Welcome to the Electra Vehicles, Inc. Electra in Europe blog series. Since I’ll be living in Paris, France for the next five months, I’ve decided to take Electra with me wherever I go to explore the world of electrification in Europe...