Sci-fi Fiction Before Fact on EVs
Reading about today’s Electric Vehicles causing some drivers to become imprisoned inside when the electrical system fails is already familiar to me conceptually.
From my novel JIHAD BUBBA, which I wrote in 2020:
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Bubba sighed. He popped the clutch [on his gas-driven jeep].
As he resumed driving, more Januses [EVs] crossed his path—in fact, were unavoidable wherever he drove. Several times he had to down-clutch to prevent collision with Januses reversing direction, turning in circles and tangling traffic, or stuck going back and forth all day in the same spot, some jumping up and down in failed attempts to become airborne. Speeding, crawling, customer occupants locked inside swearing at their phones and at the gods, to no avail.
In other words, a typical day.
Yet another Janus peeled out of traffic and carved endless circles, forcing Bubba to drive carefully around as its passenger managed to force open the door and escape. . .
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