Coast to coast in an Electric car towing a trailer.

Wonder if covering the car and trailer with solar panels would extend the range?

In 15 or 20 years will some of be driving Electric Pushers :@

Cummins12V98 wrote:
So what do they do to charge the batteries along the way?

We got plug in 'lectricity in Canada a couple years back... :D... oh! you meant...

What I really wanna know is who do they think they are not checking in here with the RV dot net weight police re their Tesla Model X which is not a dually...:)

westernrvparkowner wrote:
Campgrounds may not be a good choice to recharge Teslas and the like. Campground pedestals and their wiring circuits (and the NEC specifications for those wiring demands) were determined and created by the demands of RVs using those pedestals. The high electrical needs of those rechargers would completely throw those demand computations out the window. Add a couple of rechargers to a loop of campground pedestals being used by RVs and you will likely either trip the main breakers or add to the voltage drop on the loop. This may either greatly inconvenience all the other RVs on that loop or, in the case of voltage drop, damage the components of those RVs.
We are not vehicle refueling stops, we are RV parks. We do not allow recharging of electrical vehicles under any circumstances. We do not have the infrastructure to recharge electric vehicles.
We will not be installing public recharging stations for the simple reason that we don't want to have to entertain someone who is not a guest for the 30 minutes to an hour it would take to recharge their batteries. Those people would be wanting to either use the park's other facilities during that time or maybe just wander around the park, creating a security concern for all the other guests. Plus it has been our very limited experience (very small, statistically invalid sample to be sure) that people wanting to recharge their batteries are not really interested in paying for the service. Had one guy offer us $5.00 in exchange for the three hours it was going to take him to recharge his Tesla. Not interested in that deal at all.

Yah those are all valid points. Maybe a compromise would be to use the 30 amp plug. The car can charge at a variety of charge rates so a lower rate should work. This guy isn't even plugging in his trailer. :). But yah. There will obviously have to be changes in infrastructure as time marches on. That is already happening with home and condo design as home chargers become the norm. Interesting to watch.

Campgrounds may not be a good choice to recharge Teslas and the like. Campground pedestals and their wiring circuits (and the NEC specifications for those wiring demands) were determined and created by the demands of RVs using those pedestals. The high electrical needs of those rechargers would completely throw those demand computations out the window. Add a couple of rechargers to a loop of campground pedestals being used by RVs and you will likely either trip the main breakers or add to the voltage drop on the loop. This may either greatly inconvenience all the other RVs on that loop or, in the case of voltage drop, damage the components of those RVs.
We are not vehicle refueling stops, we are RV parks. We do not allow recharging of electrical vehicles under any circumstances. We do not have the infrastructure to recharge electric vehicles.
We will not be installing public recharging stations for the simple reason that we don't want to have to entertain someone who is not a guest for the 30 minutes to an hour it would take to recharge their batteries. Those people would be wanting to either use the park's other facilities during that time or maybe just wander around the park, creating a security concern for all the other guests. Plus it has been our very limited experience (very small, statistically invalid sample to be sure) that people wanting to recharge their batteries are not really interested in paying for the service. Had one guy offer us $5.00 in exchange for the three hours it was going to take him to recharge his Tesla. Not interested in that deal at all.

MNGeeks61 wrote:
I hope that in the US we'll have some good incentives on the Model 3. I've been eyeballing Tesla's for commuting, it's just not worth it with the low cost of gas these days.

It's pretty cool to see this happen considering back in the 80's in Popular Science they were touting electric cars. But it looks like on Teslarati.com there are not a lot of superchargers in the middle plains of Canada... like in North Dakota there is ONE. Mainly a few destination chargers.

Yah, depending on where they are they will have to use public and private charging stations besides the Tesla network. That is improving daily though. But a 50 amp plug at a campground is pretty fast as well. Even a 30 amp 110 plug is okay overnight. We have all the adapters so we can charge anywhere but we rarely charge anywhere but at home. :). Still nice to be prepared.

I hope that in the US we'll have some good incentives on the Model 3. I've been eyeballing Tesla's for commuting, it's just not worth it with the low cost of gas these days.

It's pretty cool to see this happen considering back in the 80's in Popular Science they were touting electric cars. But it looks like on Teslarati.com there are not a lot of superchargers in the middle plains of Canada... like in North Dakota there is ONE. Mainly a few destination chargers.

Re the battery charging. The TESLA network is already quite extensive so for the most part they will just charge at the TESLA charge points. Takes 20 to 30 minutes to charge and they are good for another couple hundred miles. Thats probably all they would do in a day anyway if they are on a cross country trek. There are also a ton of public and private charging stations out there now.

There other option is just charge at the campground. Their RV is self sufficient so they can use the camp ground post to charge the car. I imagine they might have to pay a few bucks extra in some places but still kinda cool.

A generator wouldn't work. Way too big a battery for something like a little honda to make difference in a few hours.

Sounds like it will be a great adventure. Hopefully it goes well and they always have electricity in their batteries!

-Michael

So what do they do to charge the batteries along the way?