Tuur
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This is what to keep in mind about EVs: Day Four after Hurricane Helene, I stepped out the company main office in time to see a Telsa Cybertruck roll by, and wondered "Where are you charging it?" Power was out over a wide swath, to the point that at night there were no glows on the horizon from distant towns. Was in a city last month and saw quite a few Cybertrucks and have seen one Ford Lightning now and then, but here we have too far to drive, and in a disaster you just can't charge them.I expect most cars will be electric by then. I'm going to skip past self-shifters and hybrids. The hybrids are the worst of the lot including the worst of both kinds into the same package for a modest decrease in fuel usage.
Meanwhile, Post Helene, we could drive outside the disaster area and fill up. By the time we made that trip in an EV, it would significantly deplete the charge. We could also haul in fuel, which we couldn't do with electricity,
Note that I had bought an electric chainsaw, which I like very much, but without electricity to charge it, had to break out the axe and bow saw when at home until the lights came back on.
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