geoag58 said:

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Teslag said:

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A Tesla uses 1.6kwh of power to run the AC while not moving. That means the typical Tesla will be able to idle in traffic for approximately 45 hours before needing a charge.

You guys really don't even try anymore.

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You need to drive to Galveston as a cat 5 approaches and prove your point. Oh and wait until the traffic stacks up. Don't forget to bring an extra battery for your phone.

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Teslag said:

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geoag58 said:

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Teslag said:

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A Tesla uses 1.6kwh of power to run the AC while not moving. That means the typical Tesla will be able to idle in traffic for approximately 45 hours before needing a charge.

You guys really don't even try anymore.

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You need to drive to Galveston as a cat 5 approaches and prove your point. Oh and wait until the traffic stacks up. Don't forget to bring an extra battery for your phone.

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Emotional arguments are fun.

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geoag58 said:

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Teslag said:

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geoag58 said:

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Teslag said:

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A Tesla uses 1.6kwh of power to run the AC while not moving. That means the typical Tesla will be able to idle in traffic for approximately 45 hours before needing a charge.

You guys really don't even try anymore.

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You need to drive to Galveston as a cat 5 approaches and prove your point. Oh and wait until the traffic stacks up. Don't forget to bring an extra battery for your phone.

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Emotional arguments are fun.

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And talk is cheap.

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Rockdoc said:

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Salute the Tesla! (Not)

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Teslag said:

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Teslas don't idle. They are either delivering power to the motors or not. If it's only using AC it's using 1.2 to 1.6 kWh of power. Do the math with an 82kwh battery.

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Rockdoc said:

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Salute the Tesla! (Not)

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AustinScubaAg said:

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Manhattan said:

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TAMU1990 said:

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Teslag said:

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A Tesla uses 1.6kwh of power to run the AC while not moving. That means the typical Tesla will be able to idle in traffic for approximately 45 hours before needing a charge.

You guys really don't even try anymore.

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Except you are moving. Just real slow. And I hope these people charge up before they hit the road.

Have you evacuated before? Most people are going almost 100 miles away. It all depends on if you have family somewhere after 50-60 miles or where you can get a hotel.

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Stop and go uses very little energy due to regen..

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I guess you don't understand physics any better than Economics. The energy need to take a car from 0 to 1 Mph is greater than the energy needed to maintain 1Mph. Even Tesla on their own web page says stop and go traffic reduces battery life.

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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The problem will be the return trip after the power goes out for three weeks.

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C@LAg said:

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Thank you captain obvious..

Hence why i stated "with a computer" and mentioned my XJ wrangler.

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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Manhattan said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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The problem will be the return trip after the power goes out for three weeks.

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Evacuating in the path of the storm, excellent idea!

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You are scary ignorant.

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Manhattan said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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Manhattan said:

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Funky Winkerbean said:

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The problem will be the return trip after the power goes out for three weeks.

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Evacuating in the path of the storm, excellent idea!

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You are scary ignorant.

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We have examples of gas cars out of gas, and gas stations out of gas (all over the state), we don't have any examples of power outages out of the path of the storm...

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Manhattan said:

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Or everyone not evacuating can plug in and be a net exporter to the grid....

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Teslag said:

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Ag_of_08 said:

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It took my grandmother and mother driving from beaumont, to near Dallas, then back to college station and over 30hrs on the road during Rita.

40hrs at idle is great.... now do 30hrs with a several hundred mile drive.

I dont think you've ever been in a hurricane evac, much less a two week stint living on an accidental island with no power...

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So we have now moved the goal post from the OP's 10 to 50 miles to several hundred miles.

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TAMU1990 said:

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Anyone who has lived on the coast knows how HORRIBLE it is to drive out of Houston area when a hurricane approaches. Can you imagine EVs in this 10-50 mile traffic backup trying to get out of town and breaking down? Running out of a battery charge because it takes 10 hours to go 10 miles? Just the visual of this is a nightmare.

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HollywoodBQ said:

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Teslag said:

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Ag_of_08 said:

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It took my grandmother and mother driving from beaumont, to near Dallas, then back to college station and over 30hrs on the road during Rita.

40hrs at idle is great.... now do 30hrs with a several hundred mile drive.

I dont think you've ever been in a hurricane evac, much less a two week stint living on an accidental island with no power...

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So we have now moved the goal post from the OP's 10 to 50 miles to several hundred miles.

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I think Ag08 just exposed you as never having evacuated for a hurricane.

10 miles ain't an evacuation.

10 miles is an example. 100-200 miles is the real requirement.

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Teslag said:

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A Tesla uses 1.6kwh of power to run the AC while not moving. That means the typical Tesla will be able to idle in traffic for approximately 45 hours before needing a charge.

You guys really don't even try anymore.

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I just figured out why Teslas are so
expensive.

It's because they charge a lot.

— PUNS (@ThePunnyWorld) September 24, 2022

FCBlitz said:

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Let's look at the Rita Hurricane Model. Folks spent 8 hours, burned 3/4 of a tank and turned around and returned back to their houses because they had only traveled 20 miles.

I would love to Calc out the amount of power required to drive an AC in 102 deg heat with a full load and pulling a trailer. I seriously doubt a TESLA can idle and push an AC for 48 hrs in humid/hi heat conditions.

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Teslag said:

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Picture from Rita evac. Internet is full of them. Barely a trailer in site.

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Teslag said:

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geoag58 said:

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Teslag said:

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geoag58 said:

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Teslag said:

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A Tesla uses 1.6kwh of power to run the AC while not moving. That means the typical Tesla will be able to idle in traffic for approximately 45 hours before needing a charge.

You guys really don't even try anymore.

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You need to drive to Galveston as a cat 5 approaches and prove your point. Oh and wait until the traffic stacks up. Don't forget to bring an extra battery for your phone.

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Emotional arguments are fun.

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And talk is cheap.

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But numbers and power use is not. If the EV has the battery capacity to support the power draw then it works. No amount of emotionally flailing will change that.

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Teslag said:

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Ag_of_08 said:

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It took my grandmother and mother driving from beaumont, to near Dallas, then back to college station and over 30hrs on the road during Rita.

40hrs at idle is great.... now do 30hrs with a several hundred mile drive.

I dont think you've ever been in a hurricane evac, much less a two week stint living on an accidental island with no power...

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So we have now moved the goal post from the OP's 10 to 50 miles to several hundred miles.

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Teslag said:

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Not bad

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annie88 said:

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FCBlitz said:

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Let's look at the Rita Hurricane Model. Folks spent 8 hours, burned 3/4 of a tank and turned around and returned back to their houses because they had only traveled 20 miles.

I would love to Calc out the amount of power required to drive an AC in 102 deg heat with a full load and pulling a trailer. I seriously doubt a TESLA can idle and push an AC for 48 hrs in humid/hi heat conditions.

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In 2005 it took us nine hours to get from West Houston to college station. Then the regular time to get from college station up to McKinney, about 3 hours, where we were going to stay with my brother. (I was still living at Houston at the time, have lived in college station then Bryan since 2006)

I seriously doubt the starting and stopping and idling would've made it in an electric car.

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Teslag said:

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annie88 said:

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FCBlitz said:

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Let's look at the Rita Hurricane Model. Folks spent 8 hours, burned 3/4 of a tank and turned around and returned back to their houses because they had only traveled 20 miles.

I would love to Calc out the amount of power required to drive an AC in 102 deg heat with a full load and pulling a trailer. I seriously doubt a TESLA can idle and push an AC for 48 hrs in humid/hi heat conditions.

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In 2005 it took us nine hours to get from West Houston to college station. Then the regular time to get from college station up to McKinney, about 3 hours, where we were going to stay with my brother. (I was still living at Houston at the time, have lived in college station then Bryan since 2006)

I seriously doubt the starting and stopping and idling would've made it in an electric car.

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EV's don't idle. The motors are using power or they are not.

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torrid said:

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Teslas are great for evacuations because you can nap while it drives itself.

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