I’m waiting for the stories of EVs that ran out of juice during the evac.
The stories of EVs catching on fire in Florida is even better!
“I’m waiting for the stories of EVs that ran out of juice during the evac.”
Very little of that happened. People left then at home and used their ICE cars so they could go far enough. That’s why so many EVs are ruined/catching fire after being left at home and being flooded.
I’ve been posting this for a while so if you’ve alrseen it i apologize.....I knew something like this would happen:
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.
You’ll never hear that.
It’s like the guy that was stuck on the highway in Virginia during that winter storm.
Don’t charge the battery all the way so you don’t damage the battery but you’ll get less performance.
Someone posted on another thread a few days ago: EV’s do not use electricity if they are not moving. If so, how do the radio, AC, heater, lights and any other electronics work if they aren’t using electricity.
Study Shows Electric Cars Become Practically Useless In Cold Weather ... One study by AAA suggested that cold temperatures can reduce the range of the batteries in most electric cars by over 40 percent.
So, I’ll be a bit suspicious of this guy saying that he lasted the whole night, in freezing temps, in his EV.
And given the fervor that EV owners and fluff-boys...quite a few on here...have, none of them will admit to their toy cars failing them. They’ll tell us until they’re blue in the face that everything was A-OK.
I got stuck in a two hour traffic jam (from an accident) when it was a 100 degrees out. Once traffic started moving the side of the road had a parade of non moving teslas.