Charging electric car
With the continued proliferation of electric cars, I wonder if RV manufacturers are working toward a way my RV can charge a Tesla, or other electric vehicle, while plugged into shore power, or on the ...
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westernrvparkowner wrote:joebedford wrote:If you are talking about outfitting Motorhomes with regenerative brakes to then charge a towed EV, that would require a massive regenerative system to effectively slow and stop a 40,000LB motorhome only for the benefit of a towed Prius. My personal driving experience with motorhomes is I seldom brake. Unlike driving a car, my motorhome is driven almost exclusively on trips. I go several hours at a time without even tapping the brake. I would think the average motorhome trip would provide very little in regenerative charging to the towed.
I wasn't going to create energy out of thin air. I could be wrong but I thought that regenerative braking uses the motors as generators thereby causing drag which slows the vehicle. I wasn't suggesting engaging traditional brakes (I assume EVs have those in addition to regenerative brakes).
You know that’s something you actually don’t think about but it’s true. We have had our pusher for almost 17 years. It has the original brakes and they have never been touched or adjusted. We have a little over 150 k on the clock. The plan was to run it till it’s 25 years old. Who knows, maybe I’ll still be on the same brakes.
