Chevy Volt as toad and battery system for RV
How about using a Chevy Volt as a toad and tapping into the enormous lithium ion battery as part of your 12v system. Built in generator as you drive around exploring. Enough juice to run your AC. G...
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I was reading something similar to the Nissan article above that in Germany?,
they are working electric vehicles being the "power" source locally. So instead of have 1 big power station distributing power to homes, each house in a village would use their car to tap into the local grid and supply the grid with electricity. Almost like having hundreds/thousands of mini-power stations - similar to how small local solar farms are doing it now.
It's not a huge leap to use your electric/hybrid car to power the RV; When the batteries run low, drive around and recharge the Lion batteries. Lithium batteries can tolerate high current and get recharged pretty quickly. DC-DC converters are easy, so that problem has been solved.
they are working electric vehicles being the "power" source locally. So instead of have 1 big power station distributing power to homes, each house in a village would use their car to tap into the local grid and supply the grid with electricity. Almost like having hundreds/thousands of mini-power stations - similar to how small local solar farms are doing it now.
It's not a huge leap to use your electric/hybrid car to power the RV; When the batteries run low, drive around and recharge the Lion batteries. Lithium batteries can tolerate high current and get recharged pretty quickly. DC-DC converters are easy, so that problem has been solved.
