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Now I want to see a fuel line running to the generator from a 2nd tanker trailer.
George Miller wants to buy your design for a war rig
That’s actually a pretty creative solution if you’re far from a charging station.
As funny as this is... Dodge released a fully electric truck that contains a V6 generator. Goes 690 miles one trip and can pull 14,000lbs.
All PHEVs work like that.
Back to the old Chevy Volt.
This is a good idea, though.
Piston engines are way, way, way more efficient (and cheaper to make) when optimized for one RPM and a static load (like a generator). They can be tiny if running at 100% throttle all the time; a few horsepower is enough. Excluding the transmission saves weight/cost, and a generator for a few horsepower isn’t that big.
Yeah, you get electrical loss, but everything else more than makes up for it.
I heard of hybrid cars working like that. I wonder why it never really became a thing.
I suspect "tiny battery+generator" EVs aren't a thing in the US because:
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It doesn't sound or drive like an ICE car. It still has a battery, so gets all that range/durability "anxiety" associated with being an EV.
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It's associated with all the issues of ICE-based hybrids.
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It's not "all-electric," not quiet, so it's not percieved as a luxury car like pure EVs generally are.
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The cars that do implement this tend to be smaller, so not marketable here in the US, apparently.
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Factories are still tooled to make ICE cars en masse, not EV drivetrains.
In other words, it's all perception and marketing. And I think, sadly, it's true: people wouldn't buy them here in the US.
You do see them outside the US though.
This is what diesel locomotives do.
Would some sort of solar panel + battery array combo work in a similar way?
This is basically what every EREV is. The generator is just integrated into the car, otherwise it's essentially the same thing.
It's also how modern freight trains work minus the battery. The big diesel engines only produce the electricity for the electric motors.
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Fucking slop alright
you can't charge an EV car and drive it at the same time. It's bullshit. Let's start with the fact that there is no charger here.
That's just what his leg do
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Germany during WWII did something kind of like this. They modified some of their cars to run on wood gas and they would tow a wood stove on a trailer that generated the gas, with an attached hose that would feed it into the engine. A sensible plan when your only source of oil is Romania and all of your horses have been requisitioned by the army for its "blitzkrieg".
You don't need a trailer for that. It just attaches to the car. Doesn't weigh so much as to need a vehicle of it's own.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_gas_generator
Here's a Dodge V10 with one.
And here's one from WWII so ppl don't think they were much bigger back then
Real interesting, thanks!
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I’m not sure about this, surely an EV wouldn’t allow charging while in motion as a safety measure against driving off while plugged in?
But then, there’s this photo right here unless I’ve been suckered into believing AI edits again.
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Yeah, that's supposed to be impossible. Either they're not moving and it's a staged shot (unlikely, since they're in the middle of traffic and there appears to be motion blur), or they've fiddled with the car to make it think the charging door is closed, or it's an edit.
I'm suspicious of the motion blur, personally, because the traffic looks too tight to be moving much, so I suspect an edit
Giving the photo the benefit of the doubt, it's also possible that this Tesla owner had to bring a generator somewhere for unrelated reasons, and thought it would be "funny" to hook it up to the charge port on his car as a joke.
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Refraccionera = repair shop, mexican dialect
Sign with E in red cancel mark is No Estiocionar = No parking
Oxxo = Convience store common in Latin america
Street sign says Avenida Sur = South Avenue
It's probably not AI, güey. No mames
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Not buying it: How would you charge (generator) and discharge (motor) the car at the same time? The electronics and software is designed to only charge the battery when parked. My car won't even shift into gear if it's plugged in.
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A couple manufacturers were showing off EREV at the big manufacturer auto show, basically EV with a small gas engine to extend the range. Less motor than a hybrid, but enough to get some pretty ridiculous range out of a single combined charge/tank. Basically what this image is implying.
Seems like a decent idea for people that use their vehicle for longer distances.
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I ~~understand this is in Brazil (see the stores) and they have few charging places. ~~ Edit: not Brazil it’s Mexico. Not sure about EV infrastructure there.
It’s not just Mexico, this looks a lot like Mexicali, Baja California. It’s right on the border of California and a lot of locals there frequently hop back on forth over the border. Some live in Mexicali and work in Calexico or El Centro, some live and work in the US but cross regularly for family.
Their infrastructure is spotty, but largely assembled to be compatible with the lives of these border crossers in mind, so there’s definitely some EV infra, but not a lot.
Nope, it's in Mexico. I can't say what the situation is with charging stations, tho, since I don't own an EV.
They're doing it wrong. They need a small wind turbine on the back. As they drive, the turbine spins, producing energy which charges the car, which is then used to drive, which further spins the turbines! There is no flaw to this logic! ~/s~
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Hate to be that guy, but... Refaccionaria. AI sloppity slop 😔
I mean, I'm not going to say that it's or not an artificially made picture, but "refaccionaria" is a perfectly cromulent word in Spanish: Refaccionaria at the Diccionario de la Lengua Española.
"Refaccionaria" is just "auto parts shop" in Mexican Spanish.
I'm inclined to say that this is not AI since it got that word correctly. And the other text as well.
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Just charge the battery from a dynamo.
Except every EV I’ve been in will refuse to shift out of park if the charging cable is plugged in. Otherwise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YtS4h2az9Jo&t=48
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