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 raise an interesting thought:
In a big hurricane, the electrical transmission and distribution infrastructure, being all above ground, gets flattened and take weeks, months or even years to rebuild. No power for your EVs while that infrastructure is wiped out.
Your fuel distribution system to gasoline stations is by truck. As long as the roads and bridges are open, you can get fuel delivered. The storage system is all underground and (hopefully) protected against flooding.
The libs and green kooks always yammer on about “resiliency.” Well, the liquid hydrocarbon fuel delivery system is a LOT more resilient than the electricity delivery system.