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>Now you have to carry the diesel inside the cabin. Or have a trailer with the generator and fuel tank, I always thought (if we can depart from the "ideologic
by jaclaz 4y ago
>Now you have to carry the diesel inside the cabin.
Or have a trailer with the generator and fuel tank, I always thought (if we can depart from the "ideological" part of EV vs. ICE) that it could be a "standard" range extender for any kind of electric car, a sort of hybrid on demand, you normally drive (short range) an EV and if you have to do a longer trip you rent the trailer with the generator set.
- coryrc 4y agoI know with the Leaf that would be relatively easy, because it doesn't ensure current from the battery matches the current going to the motor, so if you add a plug into the HV and inject power so the battery current nets zero, it can drive indefinitely. The gen2 (non-plug-in) Prius throws errors if it detects current out of balance so it's a lot harder to hack. So whether any given car could easily be hacked to use a generator is up to the particular implementation and us hackers don't have those Rivian vans! Though, I wonder if anyone has hacked the pickup yet?
- hot_gril 4y agoPeople would make fun of the generator trailer too much. They already do.