Rivan truck tow vehicle
Just got home from 4 days at Indy. This rig was just a few spaces down in the lot. Towed from Virginia to Indy. He did say it was a bit of a challenge finding charging stations, but there are a couple...
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valhalla360 wrote:Yosemite Sam1 wrote:ewarnerusa wrote:
Cool, thanks for sharing. I am very curious about EV options and I like the idea of something I could tow with. I want to see what kind of mobile solar charging options people come up with. I'm not talking about an unrealistic perpetual energy situation. But more like I'm boondocking for a few nights, can a large array on the trailer/camper recharge my electric vehicle to full during my stay?
Not yet but maybe coming with the leaps and bounds of the technology in solar panels.
What leaps and bounds are you speaking of?
The price of solar panels has come down with economy of scale and china dumping (it seems to have leveled out though) but I haven't seen any substantial improvements in years.
Problem with solar is a massive 3kw solar array (covering every square inch of a larger RV and costing may thousands) will generate around 10-12kwh per day if you aren't in shade (in shade and it will produce next to nothing). A vehicle even remotely capable of towing more than a tear drop is going to have a 125-150kwh battery bank, so you are talking many days to refill off solar.
Propulsion, just isn't there.
Not an expert here by any stretch of imagination, but just read somewhere that there is a current development in making solar panels terraced like that of the CD to pack and technically expand the surface absorbing the sun's race. And then the foldable solar panels with higher energy density.
But what I'm sure of, money and resources are pouring on research and development in solar energy and battery technology.
