Stranded Tourist with Dead Electric Car Helped by West Virginia Coal Miners

Breitbart ^ | 04Sept | Letkeman

[qaz123]

The electric vehicle of an unfortunate Washington, DC, tourist ran out of battery in the middle of a remote West Virginia road on Friday. Thankfully, a few unlikely good Samaritans were nearby to rescue the stranded traveler.

[qaz123]

Not sure where to even begin with this.

And the guy has to plug it in at the guard shack to charge it. Ha ha ha ha

I wonder if all those coal miners are taking solar panel builder classes at night.

[Songcraft]

When we all have to get electric cars, we should all probably get a backup "family-powered vehicle" as well, for those unfortunate times when the electricity is just not available.

[mikey_hates_everything]

Corridor H/US48 at Davis? Poor planning. He passed at least 4 EV chargers in Moorefield on the way there.

[from occupied ga]

No one ever accused ev buyers of excess intelligence.

[noiseman]

At least the clueless driver got to meet the people who are providing the actual fuel for his “electric” car.

[qaz123]

I guess he wasn’t as smart as she was

https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-rented-an-electric-car-for-a-four-day-road-trip-i-spent-more-time-charging-it-than-i-did-sleeping-11654268401

[BipolarBob]

[Falconspeed]

Thanks for the WSJ link. Wow. The two ladies travelled 2,000 miles, saved $100 on gas, and waited an average of one hour for each charge.

[rxh4n1]

At least it wasn’t deepest, darkest Newark.

[FamiliarFace]

I saw this earlier in the day. Made me laugh my head off.

[nutmeg]

LOL!! You just CAN’T make this up...

[SaveFerris]

At least the dog is enjoying the ride

[Adder]

it was soon realized that the vehicle could not be moved by a tow truck since the bottom of the car was all plastic with nothing to hook onto.

Really?

Seems like piss-poor design, no matter the energy source.

[airborne]

The good news is that EV driving liberals are less likely to be able to get out of their liberal state before running out of power!

🤣

[popdonnelly]

One of those genius Washington people who can’t figure out how much juice is left in his car.

[popdonnelly]

Electric vehicles do not produce energy. They only store it. Opposed to that is an internal combustion engine, which does produce energy.

[noiseman]

At least it wasn’t deepest, darkest Newark.

A couple of months ago I was on a road trip visiting relatives in Pennsylvania (I live in Colorado - quite a road trip), and I also had a meeting I had to attend in New York at the WTC. So I decided to drive to Penn Station in Newark and take the PATH train to the WTC.

Going in to Penn Station in the morning was OK, but when I left that evening driving through the neighborhoods surrounding it, I was just praying that the car didn’t break down. It was like something right out of a movie. I grew up in Illinois and saw the worst of Chicago, and we also used to visit St. Louis frequently, so I knew all about the areas to avoid there, worst of which is East St.Louis, but that drive through Newark triggered gut instincts that I hadn’t felt since the last time I had to drive through the heart of Oakland.