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I don't know about that Diesel generator, but my Honda EU2200i puts out about 8 kWh per gallon of gas. That's enough to give an electric car 30-40 miles of range. Considering the generating losses and the charging losses, 30 - 40 mpg ain't bad.
I’m surprised nobody has designed a towable generator for electric cars so they can travel to areas without charging stations.
They should just connect the generators to the wheels somehow.
Well, the motor/slash generator is connected to the wheel and the motor/generator is also connected to the battery. We call that an electric car. Electric cars need electric charging stations. There is not that many around. If the electric car needs to travel to an area with electric charging stations, perhaps they could bring a gasoline/diesel generator on a trailer so that no matter where they go they could find a charging station, diesel, gasoline or drag along a few solar panels to slowly charge the batteries during a long break. Or where you just trying to be funny?
Even better, the plug-in hybrid. It's gasoline and electric.
Yeah, but it’s not gasoline or electric.
You could probably do that with an electric pickup pretty easily.
Alternatively, you could buy a hybrid and have the extended range built-in.
The problem is the time it would take to give that car a decent charge. You'd need a 15 KW generator to pump that much charge out in a half hour. Meanwhile the service guy is sitting there twiddling his thumbs.
Just like when they bring gas, they're not giving you a full tank. They're just giving you enough to get to somewhere you can fill up. Most electric cars will charge at around 30 miles range per hour, so enough to get 5 miles will take 10 minutes.
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