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by recursive 900 days ago
It seems easier to get an EV charger off grid than a ICE refueling. Gasoline relies on refineries. You can charge your EV from solar panels at your secret hidden mountain lair.
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> It seems easier to get an EV charger off grid than a ICE refueling. Gasoline relies on refineries.

That's because you're restricting the ICE to gasoline. I believe you don't need a refinery to produce ethanol from sugarcane (ethanol-fueled ICE vehicles are common here in Brazil); I don't know much about diesel, but you might also not need a full refinery to produce biodiesel.

I'm going to say that a solar panels and some kind of battery are still sound easier than growing and refining/brewing sugar cane into ethanol. To me anyway.
But you can but gas in a can as needed. Many remote locations don't have much solar potential because of lattitude.
Just have to check how much solar power solar panels produce during day now in areas beyond Artic Circle... Doesn't seem exactly great technology.