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wilfred:

--- Quote from: Someone on December 31, 2023, 06:56:24 am ---
--- Quote from: dobsonr741 on December 31, 2023, 05:32:34 am ---
--- Quote --- What if there's a grid blackout and you have an emergency?
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That is the Zombie Apocalypse. A lot of good playbooks written for that case.

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As people discover, petrol stations (mostly) rely on the grid for pumping and/or selling fuel. So either way so either way its supply your own or go without.

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When I was a kid I can remember a petrol station had parked an EH Holden wagon about 2 meters from a pump, the pump had the covers removed and the Holden was on a jack with a bare steel rim. They'd fitted a long rubber belt from the pulley in the pump around the rim and ran the pump driven by the car. It was back in the days when pumps only had mechanical dials. You couldn't do that these days. And with cash going out of style you'd be stuffed trying to pay anyway soon enough.

If your EV runs out of fuel you'd be getting it towed. If you had a car that ran on LPG you'd most likely get towed. Portable LPG refills are not readily available in Australia. Or it wasn't when I had one in the nineties. And I think LPG is diminishing in Australia and somethings got to go to make room for EV charging.
Andy Chee:

--- Quote from: dobsonr741 on December 31, 2023, 05:32:34 am ---
--- Quote --- What if there's a grid blackout and you have an emergency?
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That is the Zombie Apocalypse. A lot of good playbooks written for that case.

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I would be using my axe to fell trees to burn for my steam engine generator to charge my EV.  Axe comes in handy for the zombies as well.

xrunner:

--- Quote from: EPAIII on December 31, 2023, 03:40:38 am ---  8) If your electric car runs out of power on the highway, do you walk to a charging station to get a bucket of electricity?

Just asking!  :rant: :wtf:

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Very simple and easy: call for a tow with your cell phone and relax.

A better question to ask "what if my cell phone runs out of power on the highway while driving my electric car and my car runs out of power?". Well connect the phone to your portable USB power pack.

What if you forgot to bring the power pack? Then you shouldn't be driving a long way from home by yourself if you can't be prepared.  ::)
coromonadalix:
cary a trailer with a generator  loll

or do like the back to the future, add some antimatter converter some banana peels and other waste  and have fun    :-+
schmitt trigger:
If my electric car ran out of battery on a deserted highway, it would be such a negative experience for me, that I would re-charge the battery with my excess free electrons.
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