It seems like every time there's a natural disaster or severe storm that involves cars, the anti-EV FUD comes out in force on social media and conservative traditional media. Hurricanes knock out power, and therefore
But, it’s not as clear cut as the FUDsters and fake foreign government-run accounts make it out to be. There’s almost always some important information left out, and the issues that EVs would face in an emergency are exaggerated heavily.
If your battery is low and you need to rapid charge to have enough range to evacuate, that’s going to be an inconvenience, but not a deal-breaker. You may be in for a line at the charging station for a while and then you’ll be able to go. The power will stay on and you’ll be able to charge the car until the storm actually comes and knocks out the grid in the area.
And, once the power goes out, the gas pumps won’t work any more than the EV charging stations do. But, if you have home solar+storage, you’ll be able to charge the EV during post-storm power outages as long as your home didn’t get destroyed or your solar array seriously damaged. Ironically, the gas car drivers will need to wait for the grid to come back online to buy gas.Another argument that comes up in these FUD posts and stories is that an EV would struggle in a traffic jam.
The only issue for this comes up when you consider HVAC. Heating uses a lot of power , and air conditioning does drain the battery with the car sitting still. In the case of my car , the air conditioning would drain the battery in 20-30 hours from a full charge. I’ve never heard of an evacuation traffic jam lasting more than 24 hours, and.
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