How about this idea: install an extra pack in the trunk and or back seat as you say, but then attach the male end of a Chademo plug to it and do a little Arduino programming to emulate the supply side of the Chademo. Then when you need some extra range, pull over and do a quick charge from the extra pack. Maybe call it the "Leaflet" and market it even. :)
Bill -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lee Hart via EV Sent: Monday, August 22, 2016 4:13 PM To: Peri Hartman; Electric Vehicle Discussion List Subject: Re: [EVDL] EVLN: Chevrolet Bolt EV Early Adopter promises, androgynous-design and no-delays Peri Hartman via EV wrote: > Thanks for your detailed answer, Cor. I can't really justify > increasing from 24kwh to 30, so it's unlikely I'll pursue that. 200kwh > would make a substantial difference, though. I could get rid of my other vehicle. > We'll just have to see what happens over the next couple years, though > I agree, I don't think battery tech has advanced enough to fit it in > the same space. I have a 2013 Leaf, and have also been wondering if there's a practical way to increase its pack capacity and thus range. Rather than fit something into the same space as the present pack, I'm wondering if an add-on battery pack can be installed in the truck or back seat area. Perhaps as a stack of "suitcases" of manageable size and weight, so they can be loaded in by hand when the extra range is needed, and removed when they are not. The big unknown is how to add capacity in such a way that the Leaf's computers will accept and use it. -- A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. -- Antoine de Saint Exupery -- Lee Hart, 814 8th Ave N, Sartell MN 56377, www.sunrise-ev.com _______________________________________________ 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) _______________________________________________ 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)
