Batteries do not like cold weather.
Another point. Here in Northern California roadways (even freeways) flooded rapidly trapping many motorist. Now a internal combustion engine can drive through some water, but what happens if a electric vehicle ends up on a flooded road?
Also, what happens when you attempt to drive over a pass in a snow storm? Are you going to make it? What happens when the batteries “die” and you are in the middle of a blizzard?
Electric vehicles may have a place (like a golf course or a second vehicle for short trips) but as a “bug out” vehicle not so much.
Its like solar power.
It works, but really only works optimally in certain areas.
Pics like this of Fisker Karma electric supercars in the wake of Hurricane Sandy are what led to Fiskers' bankruptcy, IMO.
Yup. Imagine a few thousand cars paralyzed on a highway. It’s gonna be tough to get them charged up and moving again. AAA will have to have a nationwide fleet of trucks with generators. Here’s an idea… sell EVs with gasoline powered generator option in the trunk. Oh wait. That would be a hybrid. This is all so confusing. /sarcasm
