[parker_mountain]

> How do make sure they're operable in the event of a far too common electrical outtage?

I never got this concern. Gas pumps are powered by electricity, and you're not going to hand fill a fleet's tanks.

[genter]

You need a much smaller generator to pump gasoline than you do to charge a van.

[orangepurple]

They should put a gas powered generator in a car to charge the battery while you drive /s

[r00fus]

That’s a Chevy Volt or BMW i3 + REX

[collinc777]

I'm from Texas. A hurricane here and a cold winter there and you start to realize that this infra isn't ironclad.

[sokka_h2otribe]

Texas deregulated grid is relatively cheap but also relatively unreliable compared to the rest of the country