In case of a zombie apocalypse, would you escape the city with an R1S or Audi A6 Quattro

[Rivian Rider]

Given that those are my two options, I'm curious, which one would be the right choice. I feel like most people would go with a combustion engine car. But maybe you'd be able to charge an EV in some fashion in a post apocalyptic world, while refueling an ICE would eventually not be an option since gas production would come to a halt.

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[Ralph]

Neither will provide you the fail safe option such an event would probably require.

If you can escape the initial apocalypse event and end up where there is sun and solar charging an EV might be a better solution. Within a given radius.

 

[Proxy]

Take both. Then, when the Audi is at a quarter tank, tow charge the Rivian.

 

[mkg3]

Take both. Then, when the Audi is at a quarter tank, tow charge the Rivian.

...how do you drive both??? Are you towing the A6 initially?

 

[Proxy]

@mkg3 I was assuming two drivers. If one driver, I would tow one till safe and have both vehicles, but I have a trailer that would work in a pinch.

 

[mkg3]

@mkg3 I was assuming two drivers. If one driver, I would tow one till safe and have both vehicles, but I have a trailer that would work in a pinch.

I was joking but I get your point.

I live in SoCal and seeing what happened to those affected in the Palisade fire last year on the news, made me think about some of the emergency contingency ideas.

I know vehicles can be replaced, easy enough but it also carries lots of stuff that cannot be easily replaced. After seeing dozens and dozens cars abandon on the road because the fire was catching up faster than the traffic was moving, people had no choice but to leave on their feet and abandon their vehicles with all their possessions.

Hope none of us ever have to find out which vehicle to take or worse be in a situation that Palisade people had to do.

 

[Proxy]

When our family evacuated for fires, we took our two cars and left the race car behind. Fit a lot of stuff that we had packed before the evacuation order.

 

[CharonPDX]

I live in the Pacific Northwest. Most years, we have one or two have regular heavy winter storms that cut power for 8-48 hours at my house; sometimes a large portion of the city loses power for the better part of a day.

And we're expecting "the big one" (9.0+ earthquake) to happen "any time now."

I have solar panels on my house, with a battery. I can charge my EVs in a power outage, but if that power outage causes the pumps at the gas station to go out, you can't get gas.

Plus, when an event happens, if it happens more than a couple hours after I get home from driving, I'll have at least 80% in my "tank," where an ICE car would be at the mercy of whenever it was last filled.

I also have some portable (EcoFlow Delta Pro) batteries and a few hundred watts of portable solar panels, so if I did need to "bug out," I would bring those, and could at least stop somewhere remote and "trickle-charge" over a few days. (Which I do when camping off-grid.)

 

[usulio]

R1S sounds great till you hit a pothole or bump something and it goes into turtle mode.

 

[Luxus]

Short term the ICE would be best. You can get fuel anywhere, even other abandoned cars. The only problem is gas does go bad eventually. EVs have the potential for a substantially longer life post apocalypse. IF you can figure out a recharging method before the 12v battery dies from just sitting around.

 

[Time2Roll]

Pack the R1S full and go. Pretty sure there is more cargo space.

 

[Cycliste]

The main problem in a zombie apocalypse is logistics. You need to figure out where to go where you can get food and water as well as medical care. How you get there would depend on how safe it is to travel. You also need to worry about lawless humans as well as zombies. And you also need to consider the mode of spread of becoming a zombie yourself.

With the CDC gutted by the anti-science crowd, we’re all going to die.

 

[Yellow Buddy]

Given that those are my two options, I'm curious, which one would be the right choice. I feel like most people would go with a combustion engine car. But maybe you'd be able to charge an EV in some fashion in a post apocalyptic world, while refueling an ICE would eventually not be an option since gas production would come to a halt.

I hate to tell you this, but neither will let you “escape the city”

On a good day it’ll take you what? 4-5 hours to escape the city and hit somewhere “rural”. In an apocalyptic scenario you would be fighting others to get through the choke points to exit LI to get into Manhattan, only to fight choke points to to head north through a populous NJ/CT area, head West through a populous NJ area, or head south into another populous island.

In an apocalyptic scenario, your A6 and R1S are going to be just as effective as taking the LIRR to NY Penn, then taking an Amtrak out to…VA? Just accept your fate or do your best to steal and learn to fly a helicopter. Thats unfortunately your best bet based on where you live.

 

[NY_Rob]

With the CDC gutted by the anti-science crowd, we’re all going to die.

"we're all infected" anyway, so nothing the CDC could have done...

 

[B_Wagon136]

This is a fun question. Theoretically, you can stay hidden out in the boonies somewhere with an EV and recharge with solar, or campground electrical hookups. I suppose the electrical grid can eventually “run dry” like a gas supply too? But you can avoid civilization more in an EV than an ICE that has to dodge zombs whenever you’re going into town to fill up.

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