Towing a simple 4'x4' garden trailer behind my priius drops MPG from 55 to 40. A huge drop. And solar might do well in summer, but with only 27 degree sun angles at noon in the winter. your power is only 45%
On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 5:08 AM, Lawrence Rhodes via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > As many of you know I am a fan of solar vehicles..My current project is a > Steintrike Explorer as the donor vehicle. 4,000 watt Cyclone drivetrain. > At least 400 watts of panels. 4 kw(8 Leaf modules) I think the easiest way > would to directly size the panel voltage to the charging rate of the > battery. I have little experience with lithium. Is bms tied to a charger? > Is it passive? Active? Does it also work during discharge? I am thinking I > could charge my battery in 10 hours or less depending on state of charge > and have a cruising speed of maybe 25 mph under good conditions barely > using the battery. The battery would be a buffer for the panels. Some sort > of system would be needed to prevent overcharging. Ideas?...... Lawrence > Rhodes wondering if I could tow a large solar panel as a range extender. > Seen it done with small vehicles. However one to power a Leaf might be a > disaster in crosswinds. > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/ > attachments/20181030/5e15c5c5/attachment.html> > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/ > group/NEDRA) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20181030/d731b4c7/attachment.html> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
