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They're advertising to scared rich people

These chodes want a bulletproof pickup but it's easier to just drive a normal car so no one hates you enough to shoot at you.

Shhh. Don't prompt them to reevaluate their risk management strategies.

A.K.A. Wank Panzer

just like the nazi-ovens.

This is a weird argument considering that gas and Diesel absolutely go bad over time, and unlike electricity you can't exactly make more of them.

I mean you can set up solar panels, a water wheel, or Wind Turbine for off grid generation. And thus you can still charge an EV and many other things. With smaller or moderate solar setups it's probably not going to charge super fast but you could still charge it.

Compare that to gas and Diesel. It may seem better since you just pour it in the tank and it works without hours or days of charging. But eventually it's going to go bad, and it's going to start going bad everywhere in your own stockpile, in the gas stations and more isn't being drilled and refined.

Diesels are slightly better than gasoline engines since you can convert them to run them off different oils, there really isn't anything else you can run a gasoline engine off. But those are also finite, and even though some of them you can make yourself it's actually more work to produce enough vegetable oil to fuel a diesel engine then it is to use solar or wind to charge a battery. Even at abysmally slow speeds.

And actually ironically Diesel and gasoline have these same issues even outside of apocalyptic settings. If there was an economic crisis (or just some idiot in power) which stopped drilling and refining from happening then Diesel and gas will run out and those Diesel and gasoline cars are going to do nobody any good.

The real MVP of vehicles in the zombie apocalypse (and probably most other apocalypses) is a bike...

Fully agree on building community to avoid even getting into that position though.

You can only store gasoline for half a year. Electricity can be generated of grid if you have solar and the required alternators/converters.

Bikes are still the best for such situations.

Gasoline and diesel expire in less than a year.

In the present day, there are plenty of people living “off grid” powering their homes and EVs.

Without a power grid, electricity can still be generated with solar panels or by spinning a turbine (wind, hydro, etc)

Electricity can be stored in batteries that will last years. With the right skills, it is also technically possible to DIY a lead acid battery.

I’d argue that getting places quickly is a substantial advantage in survival. Travelling is dangerous, people used to die all the time on multi-day journeys. Being able to travel quickly expands that range of available resources, and a vehicle provides the means to move those resources.

The thing is, these people love to think about their apocalypse fantasies where they vroom away from a pack of zombies in their car while shooting them from the window, rather than making a walled village and farming and breeding your neighbors backyard chickens for eggs.

they require a working power grid

They require some solar panels. Distributing fossils does require infrastructure though.

That said, the best vehicle for the apocalypse is a bicycle.

Tbh I don't think any kind of normal car is going to be a good "apocalypse vehicle". EVs might rely on electrical infrastructure, but gas vehicles ultimately rely on fuel refining and extraction infrastructure, making fueling them in the long run more difficult than an EV (since electricity isn't really that difficult to make, it might be unreasonable for a normal person unless they're some kind of hobbyist electrician and carpenter with a river next door or something, but a whole community could probably cobble together a small amount of generation capacity with enough motivation). Plus, any car made today is going to rely on complex components like computers, and most will require maintained paved roads.

What you honestly want, I would think, would be like a bicycle or something, maybe a robust cargo bike if possible, and maybe with the tires swapped for some that handle dirt better. Or if it must be something motorized

i would say a car with an engine capable of running on wood gas would be good as wood only requires a tree and an axe to obtain

Who's making all this gas? Electricity can be generated by renewable sources, you don't need a working power grid. Hell, it can also be generated by gas, if you have a generator.

Batteries don't last forever, no, but they last a lot longer than whatever small amount of gas is local to you.

An ev car would be far better choice... just tow a trailer with solar panels. Once fuel reserves dries up, you're boned unless you managed to modifey the engine to run on woodgas.

If solar panels were insanely more efficient imagine a EV that's self powered. Battery would only be needed at night and cloudy days.

Maybe build partnerships with some key communities abroad too so if something goes down in one place you can shift to an unaffected area where you already know and trust people. International solidarity prepping.

Petrol has a shelf life of up to 6 months and diesel up to 12 months if properly stored, so ev is much better overall.

Just put a generator in your trunk and use fuel for as long as it hasn't gone bad.

Functioning handles are a premium feature, sorry

And then you have to hope the accelerator doesn't get stuck and it doesn't spontaneously combust and lock all the doors.

Tbf the rust is cosmetic damage only

You're giving them too much credit. Elon doesnt care, zombies make his brain go brrrrr so he roleplays. That's it.

The Nazi zombies