[LogicDesigner]

“And those accessories draw electricity. And what about the more typical traffic jam when rather than literally sitting still for an hour, the traffic crawls at 5 mph?”

Even moreso. Like others have noted, if you are absolutely stuck in a gasmobile you can just turn off the engine. But at 5 mph, stop and go, then that is not really a solution. An electric car is at its highest efficiency at low speeds, unlike a gas engine which is at its lowest.

[Bogey78O]

An electric car uses very little juice on its accessories. Crawling at 5mph doesn’t hit the batteries that hard. In fact, 25-35 or cruising at low speeds is ideal. And with regenerative braking it helps extend the range on stop and go drives.

[Labyrinthos]

Even moreso. Like others have noted, if you are absolutely stuck in a gasmobile you can just turn off the engine. But at 5 mph, stop and go, then that is not really a solution. An electric car is at its highest efficiency at low speeds, unlike a gas engine which is at its lowest.

As inefficient as a gasmobile may be, when the gas gauge gets low, I can pull off the LIE at the next exit and fill up in less than five minutes. When the electric gauge nears empty, I'm pretty much screwed.