[NorthMountain]

There are several elements of catastrophically bad design illustrated here, powered by two erroneous assumptions:

1) Truly mechanical emergency backup systems are unnecessary. This is false.

2) The internet is everywhere. This is also false.

[cgbg]

“2) The internet is everywhere. This is also false.”

The EVs could address this with satellite Internet on their vehicles—however even that can be interrupted by bad weather.