Essay by Eric Worrall
h/t Gunga Din; One mine worker presented the EV driver with a “friend of coal” number plate before going home for the day.
West Virginia coal miners help tourists push their dead electric car
The tourist’s electric vehicle broke down a few miles from a vacation destination in West Virginia
An electric vehicle broke down in West Virginia on Friday, but a group of coal miners were quick to help out.
Photographs shared on Facebook by Tucker County Republican state Sen. Randy Smith shows the car broken down in front of the Mettiki Coal access road on U.S. 48.
“Someone called one of our foreman and told him a car was broke down in the middle of our haul road,” Smith said in his post.
Since the plastic underside of the vehicle prevented it from being towed, the miners decided to push it to the coal mine to charge up.
“So here are 5 coal miners pushing a battery car to the coal mine to charge up,” wrote Smith, noting that you can see the coal stockpile and loadout in the background.
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Read more: https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/west-virginia-coal-miners-help-tourists-push-dead-electric-car
The miners are spot on with the “Friend of Coal” number plate. As California responds to holiday weekend demand, by urging EV owners not to charge their vehicles, it is becoming increasingly obvious that coal and gas are the only short to medium term options available to service the needs of the USA’s growing EV fleet – and coal is currently cheaper than gas.
Perhaps we should all thank EV drivers for helping to facilitate the US coal industry’s return to prosperity, through their choice of motor vehicle. When you think about it, the premium EV owners pay of their own free will when they purchase their vehicles is like a personal donation to US coal workers.
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why push it for a recharge Just use for a fire
Can’t ride home on a pyre!
Dead battery, no problem. Harbor Freight sells a neat little generator that will fit nicely in the trunk. Get a proper interface and a few hours sitting along the side of the road and you may be able to get to the next charging station.
There’s a good joke buried in there somewhere…
How many Coal Miners does it take to push an electric car to a coal mine so it can recharge off of a coal powered grid???
None.
After the War on Coal is “won”, they’ll be no coal miners.
Maybe they have a propane generator, add a propane grill, and have a cookout while waiting for the battery to charge.
Here’s a video of a guy with a Tesla who needs a fill-up – of his Honda generator.
This is a spontaneous combustion car. It could catch fire on its own so why push it?
It’s a good thing that brick had wheels. Elon was smart to include them on Teslas.
Too bad the engineers didn’t think to put grab handles on the exterior for a better grip when pushing or pulling along a Tesla with a flat battery. Maybe on next year’s design, eh?
For a number of years, Tesla’s had trouble with wheels coming off. I saw a spectacular video of it happening to one. The car ended up engulfed in flames after it crashed and a number of brave folks had a devil of a time getting the driver out of the car because it couldn’t be unlocked, nor could they get the window down.
They ended up smashing the driver’s side window and pulling him out through it. He was a very lucky fellow.
I used to have to dodge those loose Tesla wheels rolling wildly down Michigan highways. Sometimes the steering wheel would come off in the driver’s hands. … Tesla has close to the worst reliability and dependability in the industry, based on J. D. Power surveys.
They are expensive too
MSRP Tesla 3 small clown car = $46,990
with low reliability and high insurance costs
MSRP mid-size Toyota Camry LE ICE = $25,945
MSRP mid-sized Toyota Camry Hybrid LE = $28,080
with high reliability, and 51mpg city / 53 mpg highway
for the Hybrid Camry
Wouldn’t buy a hybrid though.
Dims will one day outlaw selling Gas as a fuel source and you’ll wind up with an EV with a 30-40 mile range
Most tow truck drivers around here charge a 3-4 time premium to pull them out of a snow bank in the winter due to the need to rig a harness around the suspension. What’s so amazing is that Tesla owners think the all-wheel feature will keep them out of trouble in bad weather. There should be mandatory classes on “reality” for anyone who considers buying one.
Why dont they just use the tow hook that goes either in the front or rear of the car? Someone is getting taken to the cleaners
I believe the problem is that the chassis itself is plastic and won’t tolerate the stress that towing would put on it.
Should have just pushed it out of the way with a truck.
Coal Miner Powered
Or over a cliff?
“Since the plastic underside of the vehicle prevented it from being towed, the miners decided to push it to the coal mine to charge up.”
Seriously? Tesla built a car that can’t be towed? Why would they do that, especially, with an EV? It’s not like you can call AAA and have them bring you a can of electricity that will get you to the nearest station, er, charging machine, or whatever they call them.
Incomprehensible to me to. If the plastic underside prevents towing, presumably from the angle, how does it get across sidewalks ramps, or up sloped parking garage ramps? How does Tesla service one that’s 100 miles from a Tesla service center? Is it all tow trucks, or only hook trucks, can it be pulled up a flat bed ramp and towed?
They may need to use a flatbed tow truck. If that doesn’t work, I’d bet they
could give it a quick charge. That’s obviously something to find out before
you’re in that situation so as to know what will work for your EV.
If it can be pushed, why can’t it be pulled?
Doesn’t make sense.
Oh, wait, it was a Musk Tesla.
Many late model cars have no tow attachment points. Must use frame or similar hard points. Low to ground makes reaching frame difficult. Also pull truck needs very low pull point to not damage front valance. Appears to be faster to push. The EV ran 179 miles before stopping in middle of coal road. Blocking access. Viewed video of Tesla being rolled back carried to Tesla charger because off brand charger would not recharge Tesla battery. Planning battery recharges big deal with EV trips.
It’s something I’ve noticed of the UK models – when they overtake me on motorways or dual carriageways and disappear into the far blue yonder – they are VERY ‘low slung‘.
There ain’t a lot of clearance under a Tesla.
Pity poor you if you’re a hedgehog.
A normal car has enough clearance for the poor wee beastie to go under without being mashed but I doubt that if a Tesla came overhead.
But then, that’s where The Battery is innit?
Considering the humpty bumpty state of many of UK’s roads nowadays and some of the hideous stuff (ratchet straps esp) that fall off trucks – I can only see a disaster happening.
Those ratchet straps have a very heavy (and hard) piece of steel at one end.
If the driver mostly avoids it but a tyre ‘just catches’ it, that bit of metalwork has nowhere else to go but up and into the underside of those crates.
Now we’re told that the whole underside of those tubs is just a sheet of plastic, supposedly protecting that battery?
errm, what!!!!!
It cant be a Tesla they dont charge in the front or under the hood they charge at the left rear, seems like someone just wanted to BASH EV’s
Sooooo, it was all a plot from the beginning! Big Coal was not happy about being sidelined by Gas, Oil and nuclear, stages it’s big come back with climate saving EVs needing a reliable charge source, coal.
The owners are lucky the car could be pushed. Carwow did a comparison of different EV’s to run them until the power ran out. One car (can’t remember which) ran out of power only a few yards from a charging point but the car stopped dead and couldn’t be moved. The driver had to get a rescue vehicle to lift it and move it the few yards to the charging point.
If it can be pushed, why can’t it be pulled?
Doesn’t make sense.
This was put in the wrong place by mistake but I can’t delete it.
Apologies.
The ultimate bricking. The electric motor(s) attach directly to the wheels and the motors don’t turn without being powered so the wheels can’t free wheel spin
That makes no sense to me. I’ve got a fan on my desk and I can get it to spin even when turned off.
May depend on the gear reduction. It is very difficult with a model train locomotive to spin the motor by trying to turn the wheels by hand.
That makes sense, I know you have to put an ICE car in neutral before it can be towed.
Dead easy for Politicians.
Brave attempt at minimising grid losses, re-fuelling it at a coal mine.
But it doesn’t really work that way.
Lauren Boebert on Twitter:
“22,000 people in Colorado had their thermostats locked by their utility
company in 90 degree weather due to an ‘energy emergency.’
People will read stories like this, still want a refrigerator that
connects to the internet, & somehow believe our grid’s ready for 100% EVs.”
California responds to holiday weekend demand, by urging EV owners not to charge their vehicles
Since emergency power can be needed both on the road & at home,
a towable generator may become a necessity, not a luxury.
You have to smile at the lunacy of it all. As far as towing a diesel gen set along to recharge your EV goes, that is so last century.
The more ‘woke’ option is to tow a wind turbine and avoid journeys involving low bridges, well any bridges actually…. 🙂
Wind Turbines are so 17th century. You have to tow a trailer with solar panels now and wait three days to have 12 full hours of charging time
“”Concerns have been raised over how electric cars can be moved when they breakdown, given that many cannot be towed.
Transport Minister Baroness Vere said that she was ‘astonished’ to learn that electric cars slow to a stop comparatively quickly, rather than coasting to a stop like a normal car. There are also concerns that electric cars are more difficult, and therefore slower, to remove.””
https://www.motoringresearch.com/car-news/transport-minister-astonished-hazard-electric-car-motorway-breakdowns/
It hasn’t been thought through
Hmm, I’m not sure about that: what better way to destroy transport options for the irritating plebs that keep getting in the way of Important People!?
Is this staged
You have a choice: buy a toy battery (sorry, Electric) car if you believe all the hype Gozo the Green Clown is telling people, or save a ton of money and buy a reliable petrol car.
To help you decide: apparently latest finding from Germany is that when you leave your shiny new battery car on charge overnight, before you drive an inch in the morning something like 10 per cent of all that expensive electricity you’ve pumped into it overnight has already been lost.
Wow, that sounds like a really good deal! Good job proper cars don’t waste a similar percentage of the petrol in refuelling.
10%? I thought the loss from line to battery was something more like 20%?
I always wondered what ‘shoving sh!t uphill’ looked like.
Alexy, you’re weird.
aka pissin’ into the wind
Petroleum fueled vehicles have been known to run out as well. Gas or electric, running out is a function of the operator, not the fuel.
And of course, gasoline powered vehicles sometimes can’t start because the battery that powers the starter is dead.
The whole point is that a vehicle with an ICE can usually be towed with some of its wheels on the ground while apparently EVs can’t.
I wonder how they manage with a bus that has run out of battery charge.
For a bus, everybody gets out and pushes. Read the fine print on the ticket. 😉
Had to do that after leaving the airport on my way to bootcamp. They claimed the driver had drained the 12v battery by using the heater while waiting. I bet it was standard practice to haze new arrivals and happened summer or winter. (This was 1972, a standard bus with the corrugated sides)
They tow it. However … city buses are an ideal application for battery power — they operate on a fixed route, daily mileage (and energy use) are planned and predictable and they return to the garage to be charged every night. Just like diesel-powered city buses.
Given the spate of EV battery fires, wouldn’t it be wise to
have buses followed by a firetruck in the same way a 747
shadows Air Force One? It definitely won’t put out the bus
fire but would keep other things, including EVs, from
burning, too. 😮
That shadowing 747 has the SUVs, secret service, etc. I read once that the US spends more on Presidential protection than Britain spends on its entire monarchy.
“Nightwatch” is an airborne command post that
goes with AF-1 when the president’s abroad. All
of the accessories he needs when he’s there
gets hauled by military transports as I once sat
alert as backup to the C-130 that was hauling
the Veep’s limo & its “crew” in case if it broke
down.
As for British royalty, we always had to check the
“purple board” to avoid conflicts with flights any
of them were taking. Us Yanks are lucky in that
we have Hollywood to keep us entertained!
It’s a C-17.
A C-17 accompanies the President of the United States on his visits to both domestic and foreign arrangements, consultations, and meetings. It is used to transport the Presidential Limousine, Marine One, and security detachments. On several occasions, a C-17 has been used to transport the President himself, temporarily gaining the Air Force One call sign while doing so.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_C-17_Globemaster_III
You won’t want to be in a garage full of charging busses when one of those buses ignite.
Stuttgart Bus Depot Fire Likely Started By Charging Electric Bus (insideevs.com)
“The city of Stuttgart in Germany received two fully-electric Mercedes-Benz eCitaro buses, both of which were equipped with very advanced solid-state lithium-ion batteries….Now one of those two eCitaros is believed to have been the source of a massive fire that destroyed 25 buses in the city and also heavily damaged part of the depot they were parked in“
Not just electric busses …
The claim: Video shows electric bus fire
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/factcheck/2022/04/29/fact-check-burning-bus-methane-powered-not-electric/9538915002/
Anchorage Alaska recently found that the busses don’t hold enough charge to finish their route in the winter.
I thought it was Juneau.
Note: This person’s postings indicate an owner of an EV.
Wrong.
Someplace they figured out that the buses did not have enough battery capacity to complete their routes. So they have put the electric bus plan on hold until they figure that part out. I just can’t remember where, but it was someplace cold.
The whole point is that a vehicle with an ICE can usually be towed
Or.get.a.gas.can.and.put.in.a.couple.gallons.of.gas.
In general it’s best not to run out in the first place. Gas or electric. Either would be “driver error” not a failure of the vehicle.
Two points. The range limit for electrics is usually lower than the range limit for ICE vehicles.
Secondly, ICE vehicles can be gotten back on the road with a simple can of gas. Your EV has to be towed to a compatible charging station.
It’s not “driver error” when the unexpected happens (such as getting stuck in a traffic jam for hours, being forced into a detour that takes you miles and miles out of your way, the sudden needs to flee a disaster area such as when a hurricane or a wildfire hits, etc). It’s poor vehicle design to assume the only situations the vehicle owner will find themselves in are ideal driving conditions and best case scenarios.
However, a Road Ranger can show up with a couple gallons of gas and send you on your way very quickly.
It is very simple to change out a battery on an ICE vehicle and for a lot less money.
And you can jump start your car to drive it to the battery store because as you know the alternator runs the vehicle once it is started.
In general it’s best not to run out in the first place. Gas or electric. Either would be “driver error” not a failure of the vehicle.
Only the EV has to be towed if it runs out of gas/electricity.
The contingency plan for this driver error is very simple with an ICE vehicle, but very difficult for a battery operated vehicle. Or perhaps you do not believe in contingency planning.
Apparently speed thinks only ideal driving conditions and best case scenarios are all he’ll ever have to deal with. The unexpected never happens to him (even when it does, he’ll claim it didn’t – such as his claim of never running out of gas when he also says he did run out of gas once).
There are times when you are not in control.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/cars-far-can-see-drivers-stranded-hours-95-virginia-winter-storm-rcna10840
And when a gasoline powered ICE vehicle runs out of gas, you can easily put more in the tank via a jerry can.
There is no real jerry can of electricity. Several start ups have touted their products (to be available “soon”) as such, but each of the touted products is much heavier per mile than the equivalent amount of gasoline in a real jerry can and while you can put just enough in a jerry can to get you to the nearest gas station (say one gallon at a little over 6 pounds instead of the 40 pounds a 5 gallon jerry can would weight when full), you have no choice but to carry the full weight (60+ pounds) of the e-version. when you have to walk the “jerry can” several miles back to your car, 6+ vs 60+ pounds is a significant factor.
When the ICE vehicle won’t start because of a dead battery, it’s very easy to replace the lead acid battery the ICE vehicles use. (road assistance companies like AAA will bring one to your location and swap out the old one in a matter of minutes, no problem).
When an EV’s battery dies it isn’t something you can replace on the roadside, certainly not easily and not in a matter of minutes even if you could find a company that would bring one to whatever out of the way location you’ve broken down in.
Completely ignoring my point that running out of gas and running out of battery are functions of the operator, not the power source.
Completely ignoring the point that regardless of where you want to put the blame for getting into the situation, there is a difference in the difficulty of fixing the situation. Once you are in that the situation why it happened is irrelevant, you need to fix the situation and it’s easier to fix with a jerry can or new battery in an ICE than it is in an EV. And that doesn’t change no matter how much you try to shift the conversation elsewhere.
Succinct! The difference exhibited by one who uses Critical Thinking.
Not as succinct as, “Don’t run out of gas.”
You are really determined to avoid the point at all costs.
It’s been mentioned a couple times that you can’t always control the circumstances and you may run out of gas due to extenuating circumstances. Quit arguing when you know you are wrong.
Most people start with their point. Regardless, your complaints have been dealt with, even if you don’t want to admit it.
People will always run out of fuel … they are people after all.
So, if all cars on the road are designed in a manner that does not recognize that people make mistakes, what is the outcome?
“People will always run out of fuel … ”
Some people.
Ever wonder why airline pilots don’t run out of fuel? When was the last time you ran out of fuel? I can’t remember the last time I ran out of fuel — because I’ve never run out of fuel.
I only ran out once while in high school. The gas gauge was broken and a problem had developed in the engine that dramatically cut gas mileage.
No, I haven’t wondered why airline pilots don’t run out of fuel.
Although, sometimes they do … In 1983 a 767, brand new and recently refurbished to meet the changing Canadian measurement standards, had it’s fuel load miscalculated … it ran out half way between Montreal & Edmonton. (this is just one example … there are others)
People make mistakes.
Again, if all cars on the road are designed in a manner that does not recognize that people make mistakes, what is the outcome?
(And congratulations on being a smarter/better person than those airline pilots that did run out of fuel.)
1983? 39 years ago? A bit of a reach don’t you think? I can tell you about a Wright Airlines DE Haviland Heron (four engines) that ran out of fuel and landed in a Canada corn field. Around 50 years ago. No injuries. People screw up. Humans are the weak link in most systems — fix the people. Airlines have two pilots. Trucks have duty time limits.
Here’s the point that all the “what if you run out of gas?” worriers miss … are there advantages to electric vehicles that outweigh the disadvantages? If running out of diesel vs. running out of battery charge is all you’ve got you need to put in a new pitcher.
“Ever wonder why airline pilots don’t run out of fuel?”
According to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, planes crash almost twice per week because they run out of fuel. Care to try again?
For the first time in decades, I ran out of gas. My son was driving, practicing on his permit, but the fault was mine. I didn’t bother checking the gauge when I went to pick him up from soccer practice. On the bright side, it was only a couple hundred yards from home, so he trotted up and brought back the gas can we use for the lawn mower and put in enough to get to the station. He remarked that it would have been a really tough go had the car been electric. I said “Yeah, it would suck to be you, hauling the spare battery from the garage.”
Glad it worked out for you. Electric isn’t for everyone or every application.
Try to convince our politicians of that.
Regardless, the number of people for whom electrics are a viable option is unsurprisingly small.
Tesla has produced and sold more than 1.91 million electric automobiles.
https://fortunly.com/statistics/tesla-car-sales-statistics/
Compared to the number of real vehicles sold during the same period, that is a very small number.
From what I’ve read, many of those sales are second or third vehicles that are only driven when one’s virtue needs to displayed.
There’s a sucker born every minute.
Reality bites!
Why would your electric car run out of electricity? What does United Airlines do when one of their 737s runs out of fuel? Oh. They just make sure that they don’t run out.
But towing anything with an EV will negatively effect your distance on a full charge. If the next charging station is a mile farther than your EV towing distance allows, you will run out of charge. If you hit stop-n-go traffic that takes 2 hours to travel 30 miles, you could run out of charge. If you’re traveling in traffic on a very hot day and need to run the A/C you could run out of charge.
The same for IC vehicles. Plan ahead.
https://timeline.com/in-1983-two-pilots-miraculously-landed-a-jumbo-jet-with-no-fuel-from-40-000-feet-e51782deb01d
Your point? Should we outlaw jumbo jets that fly on kerosene?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236
Recall the “Gimli Glider”. Proof that the metric system can be nearly lethal! </s>
Gimli Glider – Wikipedia
The voice of reason.
Why then don’t politicians share your view, instead of trying to mandate the adoption of EVs for all motoring, regardless of their circumstances?
I don’t recall seeing a politician saying that we should adopt EVs for all motoring regardless of circumstances — at least not within a decade or two. Remember … there is no way to instantly turn off IC manufacturing and replace it with 100 percent EV manufacturing. There is no way to provide electric power to power the whole US car fleet with electricity without building lots of generating capacity and other infrastructure to support it.
You may have noticed that automobile manufacturers are still building millions of IC automobiles and trucks every year.
I suggest that you stop reading newspapers and watching TV/Cable news. If you like cars, get a subscription to Road and Track or Motor Trend. They have pages full of IC cars still in production.
So CA and several other states banning the sale of anything other than electric in a few years, aren’t saying that we should adopt EVs for all circumstances.
Thanks for setting Speed right on his claim of not seeing a politician saying that we should adopt EVs for all motoring regardless of circumstances.
Is not enacting laws such as California’s Democrats just did to only register EVs – outlawing ICE – from 2030 not requiring everyone to adopt EVs exclusively?
Check back in 2030 to see how badly this turned out. There will not be enough production to fill the need,
Political Posturing.
CA politicians can say what they want to get elected but, as with many other claims made during political races, there is no way that California or any other state can ban the sale of non-DVs in a few years. There is not enough EV production to replace IC vehicles.
Are you familiar with the term, “Tilting at Windmills?”
Only the ones that require a car.
True, but folks in the position of altering our lives, are working diligently to make it so.
Are you referring to our elected officials? The people we vote into and out of office?
Obviously referring to BaiDin the questionably elected official who was voted in by, not only the Dead but, more dems than some states have registered
“He remarked that it would have been a really tough go had the car been electric. I said “Yeah, it would suck to be you, hauling the spare battery from the garage.””
Congratulations on a job well done- he’s got a brain & knows how
to use it! Having been in his place, I also bet the motivation for his thought was that he saw himself as being the one who would have to haul that battery. Again, congratulations!
A week later, he noticed that the fuel gauge was showing the lit “get gas now!” icon. “Dad, I think we should stop for gas.” He’s beginning to pay attention.
All you need to restart an ICE vehicle is a can of gas.
Electrics have to be towed somewhere. Assuming they can be towed.
Why does everyone worry about their EV running out electric power? Isn’t that something that is under the driver’s control? How many times have you run out of gas in your driving career? I’ve run out once — it was a great story and it was decades ago.
I’d rather run out of battery in a Midwest US Suburb than run out of gas in the middle of Montana.
I’d much rather do neither.
Isn’t that something that is under the driver’s control?
But.is.it.always?.Are.you.saying.that.there.can’t.be.unexpected.situations.that.bring.you.to.that.point?
Are you really this desperate to change the subject?
Quote from Speed at 12:23 pm:
“I can’t remember the last time I ran out of fuel — because I’ve never run out of fuel.”
It took you 23 minutes to remember such a great story?
(something tells me that, when you get into a bind, you just make up another story…)
I admit my mistakes. Sorry to disappoint you.
“Why does everyone worry about their EV running out electric power?”
Because cars running out of power is a thing that happens. Sometimes through the operators fault (ie under their control), sometimes not
Bottom line: the real world can and often does disrupt even the best laid plans of mice and men.
BTW your comments “I’ve run out once” and ““I can’t remember the last time I ran out of fuel — because I’ve never run out of fuel.” completely contradict each other. Both can’t be true. Unlike unexpected driving situations that could leave a car out of fuel, lying is something that is under one’s control. I suggest you control yours if you want to be taken seriously.
Speed
But you can jump-start or add a gallon of gas/diesel to an ICE vehicle.
You can’t jump an EV.
IIRC during a winter storm on the East coast hundrerds of cars were stranded by snow for over 17 hours, and many ran-out of gas or charge trying to stay warm. Rescuers were able to get all the ICE’s cleared by adding 1 gallon of gas. All the EVs had too be towed (to a charging station).
I don’t recall whether towing was by flat-bed.
my personal doctrine is to never render assistance to an ev owner on the the side of the road. assistance will only enable them to continue to make bad choices with out consequence. i know this sounds harsh but how do you think us ice owners will be treated 10~15 years from now should this nut zero insanity continue.
Ok. I get it. You have an opinion and are happy with it. Great!
Now, what is it you don’t like about capital letters?
Generally, spell checkers insist on “OK”, all caps.
Apparently, the Watts Up spell checker doesn’t …
Does being wrong so often make you this bitter? Or did you just start out that way?
It must be his turn with Griff’s brain today.
I will admit that predicting the future is hard but until the future arrives nobody can tell me I’m wrong. Not that people don’t try.
Bitter? No. Bemused? Yes.
“You have an opinion and are happy with it.”
Freedom of opinion, as long as it isn’t too dicey, is usually quite
common @ur momisugly WUWT, as you may have noticed when ventured away
from the jerks on the Dark Side! I disagree with him but I realize he
may be trying to get some licks in before those jerks stick it to him.
My guess is that joe x has a great sense of humor & is actually
lampooning AOC. What do you think?
?
Think about it for a minute.
mebbe 2
You’re asking a difficult task for him.
Best one yet!!!
Fittingly ironic that the license plate is Washington DC.
Has anyone ID’d the driver and, how long did it take to get a charge sufficient to get the driver to a charging station? One photo I saw showed an extension cord running from a shack to the car. If they only had a 120v connection, it would take hours.
I’d ID him as one happy person to have this happen in Flyover Country where
he got to meet some of the wonderful people there, with at least some of
them being deniers/deplorables. He was gratuitous enough to accept the “Friend of Coal” plate they gave him. Hopefully, he returns the favor & uses it
to let everyone know of his good fortune.
LOL!
Was the owner of the EV a coder? That would make it a perfect scene.
Men and women who daily do hard work are always ready to help someone in need.
On a related note (article is paywalled):
Think Of Them As Town Cars
The original town cars were the 1st generation horseless carriages that were battery powered before Mr. Diesel enriched the world with his ICE.
Note – no government edicts were enacted to compel town car buyers to flock to the ICE versions.
P.T Barnum would be so proud of the EV folks. As he once said “there’s a sucker born every minute”, or something like that.
Purchasers of EVs are the living example of that proclamation. Along with the one “more money than brains or common sense”.
Do keep these EV owners away from guns and sharp objects. They could become dangerous to themselves or others. lol.
When do we get a deep ocean explorer episode investigating the sunken car carrier that sank with European EV fires onboard?
Even.funnier.was.the.picture.of.the.car.charging.with.massive.piles.of.coal.in.the.background..
Wonder if EV drivers should carry a spare ride?
Photo Source: https://www.baghera.co.uk/classic-pedal-cars/9-classic-green-pedal-car-.html
Something doesn’t make the smell test here, 1st what kind of EV was this and you can’t just plug a extension cord into a EV to charge it you need a special charger to match the car and I never seen one that plugs in under the hood. Looks like a fake story to me to bash EV’s
Can’t say I know the answer for sure, but I do know that the Prius my son drives comes with a conversion cord that connects a regular extension cord so that it can be plugged into his car. My guess is that Tesla or other hybrids/EVs have a similar cord included.
The “special charger” (which most plug-in EVs come with) has a connection specific to the electric vehicle at one end and a standard plug (for plugging into the electric socket at home) at the other end, so contrary to the fake post you were replying to, yes you pretty much can “just plug an extension cord into an EV” as long as you have a plug-in EV and have the charging cord with you (which I assume most EV owners keep in their car when it’s not in use).
Eh? What are you referring to. The picture I see, shows 6 guys pushing a car towards a coal plant. No extension cords or special chargers to be seen (nor anyplace nearby to plug one in should an extension cord be available). Looks like a fake comment to distract from the story.
I posted this the other day, but it sure fits here….
Another solution..
They should have just called AAA for assistance, so they could provide enough gas to get to the gas station. Wait a sec. I forgot that that doesn’t work for EVs.
They could just bring a 5 gallon can of electricity.