joebedford wrote:
I guess I'm not explaining myself properly or my idea is just too stupid. The bus is dragging the toad down the road; the toad's wheels are turning; the toad's motor(s) are turning - throw in a little regenerative braking on the toad and its battery will charge. The bus has to work a bit harder but there is no modification to the bus.
Your idea has merit...
However, the concept of towing 4 down is mostly a mystery to the OEM world, and specifically, in Electrification you typically have young people working at the OEM's.
Couple of things to overcome, what rate do you charge at, is it full charge over two hours at 55 mph? four hours? six hours?
Now you're also generating heat. How do you shed that heat? Remember, you typically don't have airflow across the radiator and no way to eliminate heat build up. What's the plan there?