EV's need gas too - Tow with a Tesla?

Misjudging the remaining range when the needle is on "E" is not exclusive to electric vehicles, I'm afraid.

"Just put in fuel and go" can take HOURS waiting for someone to bring you some, especially if you don't happen to have roadside assistance.

In the meantime this fellow, or fellette, was able to start addressing the situation themselves immediately. By the time roadside assistance would have showed up, it's charged enough to make it to the next rest stop and charging station. 20 minutes later, they're back on the road.

Worst case scenario vs. worst case scenario. Fair is fair.

Keep that smug expression on your face long enough, it will stick that way.

Ignoring the snarkiness of the original post, I wonder if there is an opportunity to develop an emergency rapid charge battery pack for RSA's in cases like this. The more EV's that get on the road, the more we will see running out of range issues. I envision one of those large battery packs like they use for jump starts etc, sort of like a quick charger for your phone only sized for an EV. Or even EV to EV charging. I can share power with someone else's phone if they need it, why couldn't the same principal be leveraged for EV's? Someone assists an EV out of power and juices them enough to get to a station without the need of a gas generator. Battery to battery. Foldable emergency solar panel? Just spitballing.. but I smell an opportunity. You invent a portable emergency charging method for EV's and cash would fall over itself to get in your wallet.

I'm certain this driver learned just like we did for gasoline cars. I'm impressed he/she was prepared for on the road charging.

Some take longer to learn than others. I speculate this driver will plan better in the future.
And I would have pulled further onto the shoulder to have a bit more distance from the moving traffic.

This was taken on the Coquihala highway in BC. . The Coquihalla group have put a call out to people via their Facebook page to check their gas gauges as they are rescuing up to 8 people a day who are running out of gas on that route. It happens.

And for the record, and this is weird. The gennys are powering the trailer. The car is plugged into the side of the trailer. Kind of a weird way to do it.

The other weird thing is there is no shortage of charge opportunities on that highway. I’m thinking someone just wasn’t paying attention.

I wouldn't necessarily trust the photo as being completely honest either. There have been other photos similar to this that have been staged...

toedtoes wrote:
I wouldn't necessarily trust the photo as being completely honest either. There have been other photos similar to this that have been staged...

True. For all we know they needed to stop to use the bathroom, make lunch, deal with an emergency at work.

While you're stopped, may as well make use of the "wasted" output of the generators to give the car a little more range.

These "generator recharging the electric car proves the technology will never ever succeed" memes are getting tiresome.

mkirsch wrote:

toedtoes wrote:

These "generator recharging the electric car proves the technology will never ever succeed" memes are getting tiresome.

Agreed. Fill up in an ICE you have a limited rage. Run out of gas you're stuck. Fill up an EV you have limited rage, run out of electric you're stuck.

There is no difference.

I also think there are two different types of people buying Teslas.

The first are the "greenies". They want an electric vehicle and to not use fossil fuels. These folks are NOT parked on the side of the road charging their Teslas with generators - period.

The second group are those who buy a Tesla because they are "first adopters", "technophiles", or "image people". They are not concerned about being "green" but about having the newest, latest, big name, fad, etc. They WILL happily charge their Tesla from a generator because they don't care about not using fossil fuels - and they see nothing hypocritical about it.

To judge the first group as hypocrites based on the actions of the second group is unfair.

If the photo isn't staged, it just shows someone made a mistake and is doing what they can to recover. "Had to laugh" says more about the poster than the situation. It's not the fault of the vehicle when folks run out of juice on the side of the road, EV or ICE.