How well do electric cars do in bumper to bumper traffic like we see in the evacuations in Florida?

Question

How well do electric cars do in bumper to bumper traffic like we see in the evacuations in Florida?

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Answer 1

Electric cars are great in slow traffic.

The biggest hit to electric car battery drain is wind drag at high speed. Electric cars can “run the house”, power the computers, lights, HVAC for literally 24 hours+. Their range suffers as you accelerate, wind resistance increases at the square of velocity, so as you go faster, wind drag increases exponentially, and range suffers.

In traffic, there is little to no wind drag, the cars can run for very long periods of time, significantly longer than idling a gasoline car.