Florida Senator Aims To Ban EVs From Evacuating State Amid Hurricanes via insideevs.com
Republican Florida State Senator Jonathon Martin believes the state should not allow electric cars to evacuate during a hurricane. His reasoning for the suggested ban is based in part on misinformation that has already been debunked on numerous occasions when others have made similar suggestions in the past., Senator Martin of Fort Myers serves on Florida's
During some recent storms in the midwest, people posted similar suggestions on social media with claims that a bunch of EVs were expected to end up stranded in the snow while gas car owners made it safely home. However, the opposite proved true in at least some cases.EV owners made it home and plugged in or sat warm in their cars on the side of the road while gas cars ran out of fuel, gas stations were lined up, and some were offline or out of fuel.
To be clear, EVs don't idle, and they don't really run like a gas car when they're not moving. Instead, they remain quiet and emissions-free while using as little energy as possible to just keep the electronics and climate control working. Meanwhile, a gas car would need to be running the whole time, cranking out harmful exhaust fumes, and likely using much more gas in the stop-and-go traffic than it may use at speed.
The Florida Department of Transportation’s executive director of transportation technologies, Trey Tillander, didn't seem to agree with Martin's suggested ban. He noted that lawmakers are looking into portable EV chargers. He also said it's the state's responsibility to offer the same level of assistance to electric cars as it does for gas cars. He shared:
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