On 17 Feb 2016 at 16:36, Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > There have been a lot of past discussions on range extending. Trailers, small > onboard chargers, etc. In my opinion, they are rarely justified
A battery trailer isn't exactly elegant, but it works. It lets you have a small, light battery in your EV to handle your everyday needs, but still have lots of range (only) when you need it. The big downside is that a trailer is a royal pain to back. It also makes the car longer. Forget parallel parking. Team New England's Solectria Force ran a battery trailer for 3 years (1999- 2002) in the Tour de Sol. It got 156 miles on a charge, about 3-4 times the typical range for a lead-battery Force. They had a total of about 26kWh. http://drmm.net/images/tne_super_force.png The battery trailer is a kid's sandbox on wheels! The shape not only improved the aerodynamics, it also got a lot of smiles from onlookers. I wonder how a Leaf would fare with a scheme similar to the plug-in Prius conversions of several years ago, where the aux battery is set up to just keep charging the Leaf's onboard battery. David Roden - Akron, Ohio, USA EVDL Administrator = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = EVDL Information: http://www.evdl.org/help/ = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Note: mail sent to "evpost" and "etpost" addresses will not reach me. To send a private message, please obtain my email address from the webpage http://www.evdl.org/help/ . = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
