{"id":28869,"date":"2022-06-23T06:48:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-23T06:48:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/are-evs-a-danger-in-traffic-jams\/"},"modified":"2022-06-23T06:48:57","modified_gmt":"2022-06-23T06:48:57","slug":"are-evs-a-danger-in-traffic-jams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/lifestyle\/are-evs-a-danger-in-traffic-jams\/","title":{"rendered":"Are EVs a Danger in Traffic Jams?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>@xguntherc May 24, 2022, 3:35 pm EDT | 4 min read Daniel Avram\/Shutterstock.comEvery few months we see the same story floating around on social media that electric cars are more likely to die and get stuck during a traffic jam. Suggesting they are dangerous, have no heaters, or will run out of battery in around three hours.\u00a0So, are EVs a danger in traffic jams? Absolutely not. Earlier this year, a huge 48-mile traffic jam happened on the I-95 in Virginia on a cold, snowy day, and we instantly saw the EV fearmongering reach an all-time high. Claiming if those were all EVs, the situation would have been a \u201ccatastrophe.\u201d A reader actually sent us these graphics circulating on Facebook in response to one of our recent EV articles. In reality, when electric cars aren\u2019t moving, they use very little power, will last for days, and can easily keep you safe and warm (or cool) during a long traffic jam. The Rumors The Biggest Scam The World Has Ever Seen? Has anyone thought about this? If all cars were electric \u2026 and were caught up in a three hour traffic jam\u2026 dead batteries! Then what? Not to mention, that there is virtually no heating in an electric vehicle. 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Suggesting they are dangerous, have no heaters, or will run out of battery in around&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1528,"featured_media":28870,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v15.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Are EVs a Danger in Traffic Jams? - The Daily Herald<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/are-evs-a-danger-in-traffic-jams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Are EVs a Danger in Traffic Jams? - The Daily Herald\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"@xguntherc May 24, 2022, 3:35 pm EDT | 4 min read Daniel Avram\/Shutterstock.comEvery few months we see the same story floating around on social media that electric cars are more likely to die and get stuck during a traffic jam. 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