But that's not a gas vs. electric distinction, but rather an old vs. new one. Modern ICE cars have all of those problems too.
If you want an old car without all this crap, you can get one. But it pretty much has to be an ICE.
It's odd how anti-hack Hacker News has become.
It’s really not a practical thing for at least 99% of the population. Probably more like 4 or 5 nines.
If you can do it all yourself, it's only moderately expensive.
EVs really are not a great deal heavier than the ICE versions of the same or similar vehicles.
The Jaguar I-Pace EV is lighter than some variants of the F-Pace ICE.
Regarding the I-pace vs the F-pace I was unable to find more than a single version with a greater weight than the I-pace, though I admit I haven't analyzed the specs of all 108 editions. That single example weighing more was, of course, a hybrid.
EV versions are, primarily due to the weight of their battery packs, significantly heavier than their ICE counterparts and that's fine.
There are all kinds of design choices that can be made to fit completely within the original specs of the chassis.
This surely isn’t a large group.
Meanwhile, third party motor controllers for Tesla motors exist, and the batteries aren't exactly magic.
There's really nothing about electric drivetrains that makes anything vastly more locked down.
A lot of diesels can run off of any vaguely fuel-like liquid you decide to put in them, so I'm sure sufficiently knowledgable people would keep those running, machining parts for them etc.
But electric vehicles are by far simpler than both of those, and generating electricity is easier than producing fuel you can shove in a diesel engine.
The Internet really overstates this. Fuel injected systems are sealed. Carbureted systems are open to outside air, so the fuel is constantly evaporating, leaving residue behind, and absorbing moisture from the atmosphere.
Gasoline in a sealed container remains usable for far longer than people on the Internet say it will.
Anyway, the final state of an apocalypse car would be running on wood gas. North Korea runs some or all of their military trucks on it (this may have changed as they've increased relations with Russia). An episode of Car Talk explained how it was used by German civilians during WWII:
Electric engines might be, but battery tech for sure isn't. Building a combustion engine + fuel vs. building an EV battery is a whole different game.