What?
If the solar panels are underwater doesn't that also not bode well for the car itself?
An electric car sitting in traffic for a few hours uses relatively little electricity.
Waiting in line to charge your electric car battery? Have you never seen multi hour lines at gas stations before/during/after major storms?
I'm not suggesting that the current state of electric cars and charging infrastructure is going to be a solution for everyone currently but it seems like you just don't like electric cars and are somehow using the very specific case of people evacuating from a hurricane to attack the technology. If anything, the increasing frequency and severity of these storms makes the case for infrastructure investment in things like the electrical grid and, yes, solar panels to at least attempt to mitigate the worst effects of climate change.
I imagine most cars don't do well submerged or even in 2 feet of water.
Thats good that the electric cars don't use much power sitting in traffic. Not sure if that means the headlights and ventilation turn off too.
Think about how the people filling up in those multi hour lines at gas stations before/during/after major storms - probably only take 5-10 minutes to fill up or get their allotment - and how insane it would be if they had to wait 1 hour for each car in front of them to get a charge - if they weren't local and could not have charged their car at home.
Electric vehicles are a great option for people that want them. I would definitely seriously consider buying one if I lived in a city or had a short, regular commute. But I would always want to have a gas-powered car for when I want to be able to drive 360 miles to Buffalo or Montreal or Pittsburg without only having to figure out where I can get a recharge, and is it along my route.
With the recent storms I was pondering how the last thing people who want to evauate or out run a storm would want to worry about how far they can drive or sit in evacuation traffic before their car dies. And as I bike ride on local roads and hear the din of generators from tens of homes, I wonder if any of the people have an electric car that they need to charge at home to get food or go to work or anywhere else they need to go.
I hope battery storage and charging time for electric cars improves and the infrastructure.