January 20, 2022 – That clog on I-95 in Virginia a few weeks ago had some worried about an electric future, but the fear is unwarranted.
Former EPA higher-up Dan Kanninen, wrote that he was grateful to have been in an EV while stuck in the storm. “When the traffic nightmare finally ended, gas-powered vehicle drivers scrambled to wait in long lines at snowed-in and overwhelmed gas stations, but my EV’s navigation system directed me to a nearby open charger; these charging stations were conveniently installed every ten miles along the traffic corridor. Despite the extreme conditions my EV endured that day, I nevertheless made it to the charger with a fifty-mile range surplus.”
So, what would have happened if the I-95 snowstorm had been populated entirely by electric vehicles? Probably not much would have changed, but a whole lot fewer tons of carbon dioxide would have been emitted.