An idea of using what the German's have already in place: renting an ebuggy trailer rather than a pack swap:
http://columbiacars.dickdyermitsubishi.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Ebuggy-range-extending-electric-vehicle-trailer_1.jpg http://h751522.serverkompetenz.net/ebuggy_2_0/start_en.php [English version of http://ebuggy.de/ ] It would have the familiar rental methods, and you would not have your original pack touched. It also has the advantage of being applied to more than just Tesla EVs. Here are some posts I already made on them: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Ebuggy-EV-trailer-wins-navigation-award-tp4659826.html EVLN: Ebuggy EV trailer wins navigation award http://green.autoblog.com/2012/12/03/ebuggy-electric-vehicle-trailer-wins-navigation-award/ [image] Ebuggy electric vehicle trailer wins navigation award Ebuggy battery-toting trailer By Danny King Dec 3 2012 Source: hybridcars.com on Dec 08, 2012 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Are-Battery-Buggies-Trailer-The-Answer-To-EV-Angst-tp4659671.html EVLN: Are Battery Buggies' Trailer The Answer To EV Angst? ... pop into mind. Still, ebuggy demonstrates the kind of thinking that just might make a difference, even if this particular proposal doesn’t really pan out on a widespread scale–or at all. on Nov 30, 2012 http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-ebuggy-rentable-addon-pack-trailer-More-Range-Scotty-tp4658133.html EVLN: ebuggy rentable addon-pack-trailer ... !More Range Scotty! % Inve$tment trolling, easier than Better-Place pack swap, but why does their trailer need a spoiler? % http://www.torquenews.com/397/boosting-ev-range-ebuggy-mobile-battery-packs [image&video] Boosting EV range with ebuggy mobile battery packs By Don Bain 09/19/2012 on Sep 23, 2012 {brucedp.150m.com} -- http://www.fastmail.fm - A no graphics, no pop-ups email service _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
