Years ago I was inspired by the Long Ranger to build an electric battery and motor trailer to tow behind a gas car converting it into a hybrid. get 100+ "Empg" on your everyday commute, and just leave it behind for road trips. about 50 mile range and you idle the ICE, to get all the accessories to work, when your driving with electric, because the trailer is pushing you. The car can be a lease or owned because it is not modified in any way, just a "bolt to the frame" hitch is the connection. use a connection to the brake lights cuts the pushing and a knob on the remote control (Wired) sets cruising speed. My estimate of battery weight is 400 lb and total for trailer and motor etc is about 1,000 lb which is below, the required weight, mandating, trailer brakes.
*Dennis Lee Miles * *Director **E.V.T.I. Inc.* *E-Mail:* *evprofes...@evprofessor.com* <evprofes...@evprofessor.com> *Phone #* *(863) 944-9913* Dade City, Florida 33523 USA On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 7:08 PM, Terry Forfa via EV <ev@lists.evdl.org> wrote: > http://www.evnut.com/rav_longranger.htm > > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "George Tyler via EV" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2014 4:34 PM > To: "'Larry Gales'" <larry.ga...@gmail.com>; "'Electric Vehicle > Discussion List'" <ev@lists.evdl.org> > Subject: Re: [EVDL] Trailer type Range extenders > > > If I was in America I would consider making something like that to hire >> out >> to Tesla owners..... or leaf, Mie v etc >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Larry Gales via >> EV >> Sent: Thursday, 10 July 2014 6:27 a.m. >> To: ev@lists.evdl.org; SEVA >> Subject: [EVDL] Trailer type Range extenders >> >> Trailer type range extenders, either battery or gasoline powered, always >> seem to use standard type trailers, where the trailer hitch allows for >> both >> vertical and side-to-side motion, and where the hitch is almost as long as >> the trailer itself. This considerably increases the total length of a >> vehicle, and makes it very difficult to back up. >> >> I wonder if a simpler design would work instead: a very short hitch which >> allows some up-and-down flexibility, but no side-to-side motion, and where >> the trailer itself rides on a single swivel wheel. This would >> significantly >> reduce the length of the trailer+hitch combination, and should eliminate >> the >> problem of backing up. >> >> Also, I saw that the BMW i3 has an optional 700 cc gasoline generator to >> extend the range of the vehicle. I have been unable to find the size and >> weight of such as engine+generator combination, so let me know if you have >> that information:. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> >> -- >> Larry Gales >> -------------- next part -------------- >> An HTML attachment was scrubbed... >> URL: >> <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/ >> attachments/20140709/929446c9 >> /attachment.htm> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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) >> >> >> _______________________________________________ > 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) > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20140709/4137493a/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ 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)
