The question is two-fold.
1. Would you want to have only EV transport in a blacked out area like we have now in heavily populated areas of California?
2. When the inevitable earthquake happens, wouldn't you rather have something else, perhaps a diesel light 4WD truck?
Just saying.
I'm adventurous enough that if I thought an EV would satisfy my needs, why not!
I do own a few Diesels, which vehicle I chose to run away would depend heavily on a) what the disaster was and b) how much energy was onboard already.
Tesla community is unbelievably helpful, it’s basically a brotherhood even more so than TDI club. I’ve had 2 situations that made it abundantly clear that the Tesla bubble is a nice place even when the **** hits the fan.
1) I was having a tough time getting my mother to and from cancer treatments 245 miles each way in a single day (once per week for several months) due to supercharger locations not being super convenient and their not being charging at the hospital. I posted asking for better plans of attack because my mother would ONLY go if we could charge for free so there was no cost for transport to treatment (aka Diesel is outlawed for this run). I got PM’s from 15 people who offered everything from places to stay near hospital, to charging, to use of their longer range Tesla and what ended up was a couple would drive to hospital pick up my car charge it and have it back to me nearly full by the time we needed to leave. Several people asked the hospital to install charging and Tesla ended up installing 4 Hiph power wall connectors so now when we go (once every 3 months) it’s super effortless.
2) My MDU developed a coolant leak (you can take the Supra owner out of the BHG, but you can never take the BHG out of the Supra owner) while I was out of town and my car was stuck at a charge spot 150 miles from home. I got a similar response with tons of options for help.
Oh and somewhat related 3) while my MDU warranty work was getting done I had a Platinum Ford Explorer as a rental and had to take my mom for a checkup. She filled in some paperwork and turned it in, after 2-3 minutes she was politely whisked away from me and then I was greeted politely by security who asked me to come with them. After answering about a hundred questions from a social worker about her well being I was finally told that she had marked down that her stress level was much higher than any other visit. Completely clueless I kept racking my brain for what has changed and all I could come up with was that we had to travel in a $50k brand new SUV and not in the normal Tesla. That matched what she said and I was released.