I'm looking at one of these, and don't anticipate any "degradation" beyond the fact there's a premium on the price particularly in MB where there's no subsidy though power's cheap and renewable here offsetting a lot of the cost.  

To wit
-  It's a small car, but I currently own a Focus. No problem there
- Can't do road trips, but I never did road trips anyway. 
- Cold weather range. Even if it drops by half, to 180km, Winnipeg's only 25km end to end. No problem there.