{"id":53433,"date":"2024-01-19T12:52:52","date_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53433"},"modified":"2024-01-19T12:52:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-19T17:52:52","slug":"the-problems-with-electric-vehicles-are-becoming-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=53433","title":{"rendered":"The Problems With Electric Vehicles Are Becoming Obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"

WITN<\/a> posted an article on Wednesday about the impact of the current cold snap on electric cars.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

OAK BROOK, Ill. (WLS) – Tesla drivers in the Chicago-area are complaining about charging stations not working due to the extreme cold, leaving them with dead batteries.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many Tesla owners were stranded Monday with dead batteries from the cold and not enough working charging stations at a location in Evergreen Park, Illinois. For most of the day, the temperatures were expected to be below zero with wind chills from -25 to -35 degrees.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cOur batteries are so cold it\u2019s taking longer to charge now. So, it should take 45 minutes, [but] it\u2019s taking two hours for the one charger that we have,\u201d said Tesla owner Brandon Welbourne. \u201cI have seen at least 10 cars get towed away from here because the cars, they died, they\u2019ve run out of battery.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

In nearby Oak Brook, some drivers who went looking for a charge waited hours.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cRight from outside the highway, there\u2019s a whole line of cars, over 20 cars, all Tesla cars \u2026 and every single car is a Tesla in this whole parking lot,\u201d said Tesla driver Sajid Ahmed. \u201cWe\u2019re waiting and waiting for over an hour. It\u2019s unfortunate that these cars are sitting dead in the spots.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

For many drivers, it was too late. Their cars died during the long wait, and they had to leave their vehicles stranded and wait for the stations to get up and running again.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We should also note that charging an electric vehicle is not the five minute process that filling up your gas tank is–in cold or hot weather. Green energy is a nice theory. However, until we perfect it, we really shouldn’t encourage drivers in parts of the country where the weather is extremely cold to invest in electric cars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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