Posted on 10/05/2022 7:23:30 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg was ready with his answer when Fox News’s Neil Cavuto asked him about the widespread, hurricane-related power outages in southwest Florida.
“Do you think this reminds folks that we’re not ready, or the EVs are not ready for prime time?” Cavuto asked Buttigieg.
“Well, I actually think this is a great example of one of the many benefits of those tools,” Buttigieg said: “I was just at the Detroit Auto Show a couple of weeks ago. And one of the things that was very impressive about some of the vehicles that we saw, including the — for example, the pickup trucks that are on the market, entering onto the market right now, is that their power can actually flow both ways. So, in an extreme event, from a neighborhood resiliency perspective, they can actually work basically like a generator, except that you don’t have to have diesel ready for them. What they’re doing is, they’re using the battery capacity to power a home and, in that sense, could be very useful in a scenario like this.”
(Left unasked and unanswered was the question, how do you recharge your EV once the car battery runs down powering the house? Gas cans are portable; electric charging stations are not.)
Buttigieg said no one envisions an “overnight” transition to electric vehicles. …
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If the power outage is caused by EMP they will all be rendered useless.
As a heat source?
Yes, they are heavy and make great paper weights
Till you run that 100-400 miles and then have to recharge it....
You could live in one down by the river...
Haha...made me smile
What the hell? This man graduated 5th grade?
What a stupid fruit
As will most vehicles on the road today. If there is an EMP device used, charging your EV will be the least of your worries. 😯
Next up: Buttigieg says potato peelers could be very useful during a potato shortage.
Well, so will gas powered vehicles for the most part. A large EMP attack will also fry crucial electronic components in all but the oldest vehicles.
Bugs Bunny would call Butt-plug an “Ultra maroon”
A sure sign of HIV dementia.
I’ll take the generator.
EVs will be very expensive govt mandated lawn ornaments
you will be on the bus
Pete Buttigieg is a clueless idiot who knows nothing about everything.
No wonder he’s a democrat
Buttigieg, like everyone else in this administration is a simple minded fool.
This Biden appointee is a uninformed, dumb, nutcase. He does not have one iota of what a mess and failure the EV program will be!!! I am keeping my Chevy Equinox until I am forced to go EV by idiot fools in the federal government!!! Remember folks, batteries in general have a short charged life and require re-charging on a much more rapid rate then filling your gas tank with petro!!!
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