It is. If you can't get gas or oil, where are you getting your solar kit from? If you get it prepared "just in case" then you already have your EV. Tracking etc...may not be a worry as society has collapsed.
A horse and cart would be a viable alternative
The point was that it's unclear to me that currently-produced EVs will even **move** if everything turned off. So I wanted to hear from people who have looked into the variation across current models in this "dependence" factor.
you're right - if you can't **currently** get gas you likely also can't **currently** source a bunch of solar kits. I was talking about a prep scenario. (and even so... i bet you could jury rig some wind turbines and a large array of scavenged car batteries - but you'd still need a motor to spin your car's wheels, and that's not going to be an ICE motor in that case)
I drive an old EV. I have wondered about charging it via wind turbine and/or solar. It isn't straightforward. You would need to generate a good amount and then run it through an inverter.
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DIY solar charging for an EV involves setting up solar panels, an inverter (to convert DC to AC), a charge controller (for battery health), and potentially a home battery for storage, connecting to a compatible EV wall charger to use the sun's energy to power your car, with systems often needing 8-12 panels for regular use. While basic setups can trickle charge using a "granny charger," a dedicated wallbox or smart charger offers better efficiency, especially with excess solar power, and some systems allow grid backup when needed.
To me these kinds of discussions always just illustrate what a LARP all this "SHTF" scenarios really are.
Because it's either something that's short-term, in which case the power is turned back on and there's no point in making a bunch of prep for a situation in which there's an extended blackout...
Or if things REALLY breakdown long-term, you're looking at a scenario where you can't get access to basic medical care, or even basic aspects of industrial production (wires, screws, etc) and you're just going back to the Stone age anyways no matter how much you've "prepped."
This is also why those discussions by billionaires, where they want to build their New Zealand "bug out compound", always end in ridiculous places like " how do I ensure that my helicopter pilot remains loyal to me? Do I hold his family hostage?" Etc etc
you're not wrong. and I'm no prepper
I kinda am a prepper and your reasoning is definitely correct
Diesel is also good because you can make diesel from corn and stuff without crude oil
Gas is far worse than electric or diesel for post apocalyptic reliability
I can totally see the argument though of "I want an electric car that isn't going to be bricked with AWS goes down".... 😄
right... this was all i was asking lol. i had to couch it in all the other shit or people would just hang up on everything else.. and they did anyway, no surprise
might also be a good way of thinking forward with sovereign driving, but yeah I agree... it's a snake chasing it's own tail at the end of the day it feels
"sovereign driving" hmm....
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