wanderingaimlessly wrote:
Reisender wrote:
Although an intriguing idea, all EV’s are designed to not function when plugged in. That prevents people from driving away while hooked up to a charging station. It would also have to be a substantial generator.
Yah I get that. But I think they may have a challenge breaking both the manufacturers code and the charging standards code. Hackers could do it, but most back yard mechanics are probably not up to the challenge. As well, onboard chargers are usually limited to 8 to 11.5 KW.
Cheers.
8-11 kw,,,,, have not even tried the math but, since youre a proponent of these units and do seem to like the tech side of it,,,,,
If someone had a 3000 watt genny feeding the tesla truck, (or even a 3) while it was being driven, how much in theory, would it extend the range?
This is likely to become a real business in time.
No idea. But it has a lot to do with wether you are going up or down hill, speed, etc. I would think an Onan quiet diesel, 12 kw unit would be somewhat effective. Really don’t know. I know the lifetime average for our old leaf was 6.4 km from 1 KWH. I would think a truck pulling a trailer would be a lot less but don’t know how much. Heck. We just drive em. :).
The Cybertruck trimotor is supposed to have 500 miles of range (800 kilometers). I think it would be easier to just make a bigger battery pack than add a generator. A generator and fuel would probably add 500 pounds. Just add 500 pounds of batteries and go further. Much simpler engineering. EV’s are changing so fast. 10 years ago EV’s had a quarter of the range and took three times longer to charge than they do today. The most commonly sold EV’s sold today have 550 kilometers (350 miles) of EPA range and the average V3 Supercharger stop is less than 20 minutes. Where will they be in 10 years. :).
