Bollinger Motors B1

[Grudgie]

This screams to me the perfect prepper's car. Bollinger Motors is an electric car start up looking to launch the B1 in 2019-2020.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ru99idb22ps

[Erick]

Might be a good preppers car for those who have the ability to generate  a lot of electricity in a sustainable way on their own BOL.. like maybe a generator driven by a water wheel of  a river. 

[Jackalope]

Yeah, power generation would be an issue, especially since they mention it takes 8 hours with 220V to charge with only a 200 mile range.  I also wonder how much it weighs.  Plus, there's no way I could afford such a beast.  A Jeep performs adequately, though they're getting expensive too.

[Erick]

Yeah, power generation would be an issue, especially since they mention it takes 8 hours with 220V to charge with only a 200 mile range.  I also wonder how much it weighs.  Plus, there's no way I could afford such a beast.  A Jeep performs adequately, though they're getting expensive too.

A used 05-15 XTerra is IMHO one of the best values on this market.
Since they stopped making them the later years perhaps not such a good value since they hold their value too well.

But for example I just bought this 2011 Xterra PRO4X:

shift-on-the-fly, 4x4,
Gutsy 4.0L V6
Bilstein Offroad shocks,
9.5 inch ground clearance
great angles
Dark grey thats does not stand out in either traffic of the boonies
OffRoad tires
Electronically switachable rear locker
Hill descent Control
Hill Start assist
Real roof rack
Roof mounted OEM OffRoad lights

All (unlike the Jeep) with a super livable interior so it can be a daily.
(Rockford fosgate stereo etc etc)

All for 12.5 k

[grizz]

I assumed if they SHTF we would string up horses, mules, etc.. to pull carts, cars, trucks, etc...

[Erick]

I assumed if they SHTF we would string up horses, mules, etc.. to pull carts, cars, trucks, etc...

Thats Phase III
In Phase I there will still be gas for bugging out... Also I have some stored fuels to last me at least for a couple of key missions during the "Kinetic Phase" , phase II.

I believe having stored even just a couple extra tankfuls can make a big difference when you are still operational for a some time (even if its just reserved for urgent missions) while most other folks are dry.

 

[pkveazey]

Hmmmmmm....... I watched the video and I don't recall hearing the expected price. If, and only if, I bought one, I'd hook up my trailer to the back and put my 10,000 watt 220 volt generator on it and charge while I was driving. That generator will go about 12 hours on 7 gals of gas. That ought to be a whole lot farther than 200 miles if you left the house with a full charge. The electric car people should take a lesson from the railroads and produce electricity on the go. When you stop to eat, use the John, or are going slow you'll be recharging. As soon as these manufacturers grow a few brain cells, I certainly would be interested.

[Erick]

On that note.. I drove by a rest stop yesterday and it had  a sign "Charging station"  as long as these remain free most places there is certainly an attraction to electric pluggable drivetrains.

But from a preppers perspective they have way too many disadvantages otherwise.
(slow refuel and the inability to refuel enroute if/when the grid is down.. quite different from carrying a spare Jerrycan or two....)

[JoJo]

 I am completely against battery powered cars and one reason is they are one owner cars. When the battery goes it would cost almost as much to replace it as the price of a new one. Another reason is batteries explode. I've seen a number of wet cell batteries go south this way, then there is the cell phone batteries too.
 If these cars are a wet cell type then rough roads can and will cause the plates to come loose and short out, there is your explosion.   
 On the plus side during SHTF they are quiet and you more than likely will not be using the vehicle often giving you plenty of time to charge it up. But how much gasoline will it take to charge it up by a generator.

[Grudgie]

Hmmmmmm....... I watched the video and I don't recall hearing the expected price. If, and only if, I bought one, I'd hook up my trailer to the back and put my 10,000 watt 220 volt generator on it and charge while I was driving. That generator will go about 12 hours on 7 gals of gas. That ought to be a whole lot farther than 200 miles if you left the house with a full charge. The electric car people should take a lesson from the railroads and produce electricity on the go. When you stop to eat, use the John, or are going slow you'll be recharging. As soon as these manufacturers grow a few brain cells, I certainly would be interested.

Expected price will be $60k+ if I remember. I’m seriously considering getting one if they accept BTC. I probably won’t get the first batch of production, but instead wait a year and see how they do.

[Jackalope]

Hmmmm charging stations could be considered to be funnel points....