Heavy winds and several inches of rain knocked out the power in King County and Snohomish County, Washington, last week. This is an incident that’s referred to as “normal Autumn weather” in the Seattle area. But as 600,000 people were left without power for several days, the extremely popular electric vehicles (EVs) in the far-left city were left with a minimal number of public chargers running to handle demand.
Seattle residents have drunk deeply from the global warming Kool-Aid and think they’re saving everyone from the weather by purchasing trendy EVs. Washington State has 168,850 registered EVs and most of them are in the Seattle area. The state trails only California, Florida, and Texas in terms of the total number of EVs clogging the roads.
EV owners found out the hard way that their cars are wildly impractical during those times when the power goes out. Some public chargers that rarely see any use had long lines in Seattle last week. People were also driving quite a few miles out of the way just to find a charger with a shorter line.
Incidents like this highlight just how impractical EVs truly are and why they’re falling out of public favor. The lack of charging facilities is one of the leading complaints from people who are suckered into buying EVs, even in energy-rich states like Texas.
Studies show that pollution from EV tires is far worse for the environment than gas-powered engines and the fact that the batteries are built using child slave labor to source materials in Africa hasn’t helped the industry, either.
We may finally be getting closer to the day when the EV bubble pops completely as more people realize what a scam this was from the start.
Byproduct of the wind storm’s power outages: Nick Abrams said “dozens of Teslas” were lined up trying to get a charge in the Northgate parking lot tonight. 🔌 #WAwx pic.twitter.com/XACClNY0vG
— Shannon O'Donnell (@ShannonODKOMO) November 21, 2024
