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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Saw the editorial in today's Wash Post about the disadvantages of an EV in such a situation. But please help me: if you are stopped in an EV, and you are not using the heater (or A/C in hot weather), the power drain is zero, right? I mean, if you park your fully charged EV in the driveway at night, it has a full charge in the morning, doesn't it? Maybe the on-board computer is using some juice, but not much.

An ICE powered car is burning gas just to sit in idle. [/quote]

That WaPo oped was just stupid but par for the course for Charles Lane.

He was just writing off the top of his head on a subject he knows nothing about. An EV is no worse off than a gas vehicle in these circumstances, and maybe better off. People seem to just assume that because ICE lose range while idling that EVs must too. Meanwhile an EV could last 3-4 days keeping the cabin a comfortable temp if needed. I guess it’s true that if the EV runs out of charge entirely it’s a little more complicated, at least today, to give it 50 miles of charge than to pour 2 gallons of gas into a car but AAA already has mobile level 2 chargers they can send out, so that’s hardly an earthshattering observation. [/quote]

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