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If you have the ability to charge it, yes. On my little homestead I have a stout RAD e-bike that I charge off my solar array. It has a “Walk Beside” setting where I can walk next to it while I use it as an electric mule, carrying Vietcong loads as well as a small trailer up and down my hilly place.
I can safely carry 120 pounds of garden supplies and firewood easily.
I do have a bicycle style hand brake for the trailer as not to jackknife while going downhill and to aid in loading it.
I’m thinking about buying more solar and a second e-bike.
There could be a limited set of circumstances were an EV would be superior to an ICE vehicle. But those would be very specific and very limited.
Limited imagination, though certainly not for cargo purposes. Recently discovered this high end bike, no affiliation: https://www.electricbikeparadise.com/products/delfast-top-3-0-dual-suspension-electric-mountain-bike
The primary reason to mention it is dual front brakes and 200mi range isn’t bad either. Though from experience that’s at 20mph, IMO. At the wattage rating 50mph is not out of the question.
Yet no one addresses high energy alternative fuels. Considered doing a write-up about new tech on the horizon, but that is no longer an option. Mazda is using the technology on their new Iconic SP, the press calling it the RX-9. They’re claiming a 1200mi range, and YES it’s very practical. While the primary source of energy is the same oxidizer used in the shuttle boosters, the addition of Silicon induces a reaction with nitrogen. The byproduct is SiN2, which is what gray grinding wheels are made from. Compared to an H2+O reaction it releases over forty times the exothermic energy. NASCAR and Indy use it on a regular basis. Why do you think DuPont and Kodak won so many super speedway events, they’re the two primary chem distributors in N.America. Porsche is doing something similar, but Mazda is using vacuum sublimation which makes a big difference. Yes, it reduces reciprocating engine longevity and that is why Mazda is developing the tech.
two-word answer….grid down!
Toyota just built a mega site for their battery production about 1/2 mile from my home.
The noise of blasting, traffic, seeing all the “foreigners” at my local store has disrupted my quiet country life.
Now I have to worry about a spill, leak, or explosion at this plant and the contamination of my well water.
Awful situation.
It has a highly potential to be horrible if things get out of hand there.
Just one electric vehicle on fire as David says, takes thousands of gallons of water to put out, just imagine an entire plant going up, the resources it would take to put the fire out is more than what that area has to offer not to mention the noxious fumes would probably be deadly.
If you have the ability to charge a vehicle off grid, maybe. I would restrict myself to an electric golf cart for local use. All that money being passed around by the government for charging stations, etc., is about corruption. Connected guys getting money back on the bribes they paid out.