“Can we evacuate from hurricanes in electric vehicles?”
Finally....somebody asking an obvious and logical question.
Consider this scenario:
A mandatory evacuation hits a gulf state or states and everybody with a battery car bugs out at approximately the same time.
Best case scenario there is the batteries were fully charged....at 300 miles out everybody is looking for a way to charge up.
If your fortunate enough to have been able to afford a tesla your gonna need at least 30 minutes to charge up IF you can find a tesla supercharger.....you and all your other tesla owner friends.
In the meantime a cat III+ hurricane is bearing down.
Since I do live on the Southeast coast, if I have to evacuate I suspect I’ll be seeing EVs scattered along the highway like so many discarded soda cans.
Not to mention it doesn’t take a full blown hurricane to knock out ELECTRICITY in a wide spread area.
I’m sure there will be no panic.
And there’s not gonna be a bunch of coal miners around to help push either.
When Ivan came in 2004, people were stranded IN THEIR CARS on I-10 from Pensacola to Lake City because of traffic back up.
Many people had to just sit in their cars while the rains and wind buffeted them for hours.
And these were gasoline powered cars and trucks.
In 1985 we ‘evacuated’ from hurricane Elena, but never got farther than the Alabama state line, traffic was so bad. Had to spend the night on the side of the road.
In 1995 we tried to evacuate from Hurricane Opal, but the backup was so bad we just turned around and went home. Never got more than 3 miles.
When the winds reach 40 mph, the Highway Patrol shuts down the bridges in Pensacola across Escambia Bay on US98, US90 and I-10 so WEST is a no go.
Going North on US331 or East on I-10, US98 or SR20 are your only choices and they are at a standstill............
I asked that question months ago at FR.
<> I suspect I’ll be seeing EVs scattered along the highway like so many discarded soda cans<>
And dead bodies stinking in the summer heat.