It’s a family emergency and your battery is low. Only one hour and 20 minutes to get ‘er filled up. Or, you run out of battery in the winter 100 miles from home and your on the side of a dark road. Guess what? Triple A can’t bring you a tank of battery.
I call them "41st parallel people".
They live below the 41st Parallel, and don't get ground down by winter.
That's who you see pumping these useless bricks.
Just wait till they mandate ambulances to be EV. What could go wrong?
and what happens if the Alaska coastline suddenly has to evacuate en mass due to a tsunami warning and ALL the vehicles, including all emergency and roadside assistance vehicles are EVs? OR half of Florida or South Carolina has to mass evacuate because of an unexpected turn of an approaching hurricane? I tell you what happens: the world’s biggest permanent parking lot, with millions of stalled EVs that will take months to get all of them recharged, assuming any are even left after the tsunami or hurricane hits ...
True...but they they CAN bring you a portable "Supercharger" to get you on your way quickly again...
XQ1000 GENERATOR
The XQ1000 provides 1 MW of standby power. The trailer mounted generator comes with a fully weatherproof and sound attenuated enclosure. Other features include automatic voltage regulation, switchable voltage output and automatic start.