Posted on 10/03/2022 10:50:05 PM PDT by DallasBiff
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A local talk radio host, brought up a good point, say if you are evacuating from hurricane Ian, and you get stuck in a traffic jam, and run out of juice, you are blocking traffic, making the traffic jam worse. What are the police going to do? Bring out a mile long extension cord and wait 2 hours for the EV to power up, or bring out a few gallons of gas, and you would be on your way in 5 minutes.
In Canada, there have been traffic jams on the highway in winter. If we all had EV’s, there would have been dozens of deaths each time.
The only EV vehicles that work for the better are bicycles.
“will have”
Gonna have to tow a generator it seems....
I’m not stuck on the highway right now, but in the past.
That is probably true too.
EV’s do not use electricity if they are not moving. That does not diminish the other problems with range. But if they are stuck in a traffic jam they are just stuck like everyone else.
They are still problematic.
They do use electticity if the radio, a/c, lights, heater, giant iPad screen, etc. are on when not moving.
As more and more comes out about these toy cars, the other day I learned that it isn’t recommended that the batteries be charged to 100%. Apparently, this will cause the batteries to degrade even faster.
From a previous thread:
In an expensive EV that basically means you’re going to burn up your battery faster with an expensive battery replacement much sooner if you DON’T keep it between 40% and 80% charged.
Of course that means your “range” is only 60% of the advertised range.
Hmmmmmm….but a car that is advertised to get 400 miles on one tank of gas, but since you shouldn’t fill the tank all the way, you can only drive it 240 miles.
What a bargain.
But, have no fear, TexasGator will come on here and tell us we’re all wrong.
Really, an EV doesn't use electric juice with the engine still on, when stuck in traffic.
What kind of LSD, are they using in Silicon Valley and Detroit.
If they don’t use electricity when they’re not moving, how do any of the electronics, heating or AC, radio work?
If you’re stopped, does all that shut off?
So, you’re in Georgia, August, stuck on the connector in 95deg heat with 100% humidity, and the radio and AC cut off? Hmmmm….can’t wait to get one.
What about the guy in Virginia, that was stuck on the highway during that winter storm years ago. Bragged that his batteries, the performance of which would have degraded due to the cold weather, was toasty the whole night because he had heat. How did his heater work?
Another Edsel for the record books.
No, if they are not moving, the EV engine is not on. Does the electric engine in your washing machine use any electricity if it isn’t being used? Neither does a Tesla.
I am not saying the range issue is not a problem but this illustration is silly.
Are you John Fetterman, or have you never heard of Isaac Newman or Thomas Edison.
Why?
Because of all the electronic gadgetry that is staying alive, just sleepin'.
And mine's a 2004; I can only imagine what it's like for a new gas vehicle.
Can't imagine an unattended, unplugged EV. I don't want to try to imagine it.
"What do you do if your 2004 gas vehicle is going to be sitting for a while?"
Same thing I did with my 1987 gas vehicle when I deployed for Desert Shield/Storm and us troopies locked our POV's up in the motor pool.
Disconnect the battery! And on restart, idle for five minutes to give the oil time to circulate and the electronics time to initialize.
Correct. EVs don’t idle like ICE cars. Of course radios, AC, etc. still draw power from the battery but only a tiny amount compared to the drive motors. Even so it is true that range is still a problem. I expect battery technology will continue to improve and eventually eliminate this issue.
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