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How Long Can an Electric Car Idle in The Winter? - InsideHook

Here’s how the battery range held up in three-hour intervals:

• 6 a.m.: 100% charge, 186 miles of range, outside temperature 13 degrees
• 9 a.m.: 92% charge, 164 miles of range, outside temperature 14 degrees
• 12 p.m.: 87% charge, 157 miles of range, outside temperature 18 degrees
• 3 p.m.: 81% charge, 144 miles of range, outside temperature 22 degrees
• 6 p.m.: 75% charge, 132 miles of range, outside temperature 24 degrees

Idling uses up to ½ gallon of fuel per hour (although it varies depending on the type and size of the engine). It may not seem like much, but idling for a few minutes everyday can cost you several dollars per week.

"up to" ...  that would mean 6 gallons of course, which could dry out a tank.  And some EVs out there would be low on range when they got caught.

Tow trucks will need to lug along a battery capable of charging EVs at some point, to 10-20 mile range.

or they could simply tow the EV into a charging station

Generally I think that's more of a hassle.

Back when I had my Ford Ranger, I had an issue (unknown to me) come up with my gas gauge. It never registered <1/4 tank. So if I was empty, it said I had 1/4 tank of gas. You can guess how I discovered the issue (left stranded by the side of the road). 

A tow truck came by, as SoCal has these for stranded motorists to keep from impacting/causing traffic issues. I was 1/2 mi from the next exit where I could buy gas, but instead of trying to hook me up and tow me there, he just poured a gallon of gas in my tank and I was on my way. 

It'll generally be cheaper/easier to give someone enough gas / enough of a quick charge to get them on the road to the nearest gas station than to hook them up and tow them. 

I agree, but until the market balances itself, the towing company will probably just hit EVs with the more expensive towing charge

As I appear likely to be in the market for some kind of CUV next year, I was idly thinking about EVs.  They appear to cost about $10 K more than an ICE vehicle, roughly.  They do tend to offer better acceleration in most categories.

But say I get a Hyundai Tucson Hybrid, which is in the running, and it really gets 37 mpg.  If I drive it 6,000 miles a year, which is about right for us, I'd need 162 gallons of gasoline.  Around here, gas is fairly cheap, but it bounces around, let's say $3.50 per gallon, so $570 for gas, per year.  For folks who drive a more typical distance in a year, call it $1,000 in gas per year.

If charging an EV was free, you can see where I'm going with this (aside from any tax credit).  Maybe for a truck or heavy SUV that would get 16 mpg or so it starts to make more sense?  

I called my ex.  My son was due at her house for dinner that day at 6 PM.  It was a beautiful November day and he was interested in flying.  I was showing him some navagational stuff and letting him fly it a bit, he was about 10.

I got her phone recording, so I said we'd had an incident, we were fine, but she'd need to pick us up at the airport.  I called from the sheriff's car and left a call back number for their department.  So, she called that number (no cell phone) and the dispatcher told her we had crash landed.

The deputy sheriff driving us was nice looking.  And friendly.

I later got calls from some lawyers wanting me to sue somebody.