Headed out of town for the Fourth of July? Expect long delays on the roads and at the airport security lines during what is expected to be a record-breaking holiday travel week.has begun scorching California, prompting warnings for drivers to prepare for 90-plus degree temperatures on their way to the coast, the mountains or just about anywhere else in the state.
Nationwide, AAA projects that a record 60.6 million people will travel by car during the Fourth of July week. That’s a 5% increase from 2023 and a 9.5% jump from 2019. Anyone driving an electric vehicle should be mindful of their batteries. A recent study from EV battery data company Recurrent found that EVs can lose up to 30% of their total range when temperatures reach above 95 degrees.
At the airports, the Transportation Security Administration expects to screen more than 32 million people from Thursday, June 27, through Monday, July 8, a 5.4% increase over 2023. On Sunday, June 23, the TSA broke the record for the most people screened on a single day, at nearly 3 million.