The recent bad weather in the north, with stories of vehicles stuck for many hours on snow bound roads made me think about the promised land of EVs. Think about a time in the not too distant future when, say, 80% of cars on the road are electric. Now, imagine a severe weather episode that leads to main routes becoming blocked. Many of the occupants of said EVs will likely use the contents of their batteries for heating, which would cause them to run out of watts in a few hours at best. So, when the weather subsides and the snow ploughs/gritters have done their job, we now have a huge snake of dead EVs all of which will require recovery by guess what? - old school diesel powered recovery vehicles. That could take a while. It does make me wonder whether this headlong rush towards EVs has been properly thought through...
