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Remember, you'd only need to charge each vehicle enough so that it can reach the nearest fast charger, so you wouldn't need a huge battery to service multiple v
by Reason077 8y ago
Remember, you'd only need to charge each vehicle enough so that it can reach the nearest fast charger, so you wouldn't need a huge battery to service multiple vehicles in a day. Besides, how many "out of charge" breakdowns is a single service van likely to encounter in a day?
A DC-DC transfer would enable fast charging rates with relatively compact and lightweight equipment. A diesel generator that can output, say, 100kW continuously is pretty big and hefty!
- rtkwe 8y agoThose are still pretty sparse outside of California so the distance could be pretty far. Check out the list for NC there's 13 for the whole state at the moment.
- Reason077 8y agoThat's true. But by the time EVs make up a significant portion of the vehicle fleet in those areas (enough to justify a rescue van with onboard charging!), chargers will be much more common. Also, by nature, most "ran out of charge" incidents will happen near a charger (or near home, etc) because the driver thought they could make it. It's not likely that someone would drive off into some really remote area with no idea of where they would charge the car.