EV owners of today and tomorrow

[WinterDeere]

You obviously don't drive your 4wd trucks thru rivers and streams to access hunting and fishing spots like me and my friends and relatives do here in Northern Ontario. To each his own. We drive on frozen lakes too.

Hey, I like bacon... is that just as relevant as river crossings?

The subject was cars that have been submerged in water, to where critical components are submerged. Driving 4wd trucks thru streams has absolutely nothing to do with this subject, nor does driving on frozen lakes.

But to answer your "obviously" statement, I've actually done many hundreds of water crossings, almost always while towing boat trailers. It was one of my college summer jobs, about 30 years ago, figure 6 crossings per day for a whole summer season, in all conditions from drought thru flood, in just that one summer.

 

[DarkBlack]

Go find someone with a Tesla Model X and ask for a demonstration of the rear passenger doors. Can get in/out easier in a tight space because the door is overhead and not between you and the car beside.

I didn’t know you drove a Model X from the rear passenger seat.
My oversight

 

[wawajake]

Hey, I like bacon... is that just as relevant as river crossings?

The subject was cars that have been submerged in water, to where critical components are submerged. Driving 4wd trucks thru streams has absolutely nothing to do with this subject, nor does driving on frozen lakes.

But to answer your "obviously" statement, I've actually done many hundreds of water crossings, almost always while towing boat trailers. It was one of my college summer jobs, about 30 years ago, figure 6 crossings per day for a whole summer season, in all conditions from drought thru flood, in just that one summer.

Water is water, why are you so arguementive ( Trad traits contagious ...our watercrossings early this week partridge hunting, were up to the doors on our pickup vehicles. No place for an EV for sure.... But admittedly we have more trucks per capita than most places....Oh and I like bacon too thanks.

 

[tradosaurus]

If I charge every day at home before such an event then if caught unawares I still have 250 miles or so of range in my EV. So what is your issue?


Same as an ICE sitting in 2' of salt water. Chassis will forever be compromised.

True. Just heard that power is restored in some areas but long lines still at gas stations.

Wonder how long a line at personal home chargers?

If anything this should convince people to buy an EV

 

[tradosaurus]

Really? You are so 1960's Mercedes-Benz Gull Wing. Or 1974 Bricklin. Go find someone with a Tesla Model X and ask for a demonstration of the rear passenger doors. Can get in/out easier in a tight space because the door is overhead and not between you and the car beside.

These non EV owners commenting stupidity really is the gift that keeps on giving.

 

[wawajake]

Salt water is strongly warned about. Is It Safe to Buy Flood Damaged Electric Cars? Here’s What Happens if a Tesla Goes in Water - Vehiclesuggest

 

[Dftodd]

Why do you assume an ICE can be rust proofed better than an EV? That an EV can't protect all of it's electrical connections?

Early Teslas have been found to have a corrosion problem at the rear of the battery assembly. The fire pictures circulating have been of Model X, with the early battery.

Any pictures of a 3 or Y burning?

I wouldn't worry about rust proofing on either. Corrosion in the wiring for the battery feed on an EV would be my worry since isn't that the usual cause of an EV fire??? Corrosion causing a cascading effect in the battery

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Not sure what happened but solution was doable.

 

[Dftodd]

So it is likely to get electricity restored before gasoline and diesel supply is restored?

It was really hit and miss. It depended on where the storm rolled through, and how much damage it caused.

I've been through some storms where we didn't lose power, but had a gas shortage for a week or so because the port was in the path of the storm.

I've been through other hurricanes where we were out of power for a couple weeks. But there wasn't really a shortage since the storm was never near the port. So fuel deliveries were only delayed for a day or so while the storm went through the area.

For me, it wouldn't have mattered. I worked as a tech for a rental company when I lived in Florida. I worked for the pump rental division.

I fell under emergency response since they needed pumps and generators all over the area. I'm not talking about little home owner pumps or generators. The smallest we were sending out started at handling 1200 gpm of water and went up from there.

My personal vehicle sat with a full tank of gas and didn't go anywhere, unless my roomate was getting low on gas and switched to driving my truck.

I pretty much lived out of my service truck for a couple days before the storm hit, through the storm, and was usually running ragged for a week or so afterwords.

I fell under the emergency clause, so I could run off road diesel in my service truck until fuel started getting delivered to the stations again.

We always made sure to fill up a 1,000 gallon fuel cube at work and maintained that level during hurricane season.

Some years we had to dip into it, other years we didn't.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

An EV would meet my retirement needs easily. My biggest commute is for medical care, which is a 175 mile round trip, and I have plenty of 240 v. receptacles at home. I'm holding out for a self-driver. I figure anotehr decade of development of AI will provide some nifty options. My mother became unsafe to drive when she was 90. It was very difficult for her to stay on the farm but be dependent on others for a ride to town. I have 12 years until I turn 90. I'll keep a pickup around for hauling, but it will never be a daily driver again.