Tom, Several remarks and a bit of data here: 8kW genset is usually not capable of continuous duty 8kW output. To cruise 55 MPH on flat road will take approx 15 kW continuous. Most cheap gensets emit the same or more pollution as 100 cars, if that is a concern to you. The simplest way to have a low emission, efficient, cheap and long range vehicle is to keep a gas car for the occasional long trip OR to rent a vehicle for those occasions. Decent used Prius'es can be had for under $2k but since it will be used for occasional trips only, a regular car can work just as well. Rental cars can be had for $25 for a weekend when business travelers are not using them.
Use the EV for what it is good at and the other 5 or 10% of the time, use a different tool. Just like you don't use a sledge hammer to drive a thumb tack in the fridge bulletin board and you don't use a pencil to tear down a wall. So - yes, it can be done. Find a way that you can charge and drive at the same time, use the battery to bridge moments of high energy use and dimension the genset for the average power the you want to be using, or make frequent stops to allow the genset to catch up charging the pack, but note that it may be illegal to leave the genset running while parked (depends on the local laws) and you will likely be appalled by the noise and stink that your otherwise so silent and odorless EV is now belching out... Another solution without genset is the pusher-trailer. It is constructed from the front clip of a front wheel drive car with automatic gearing and it only requires a tow hitch on the EV. Only in case you want to make a long trip do you hitch up the pusher, if you add a remote start/stop and accelerator control then you can get on the road, kick it on and let it push the EV at your desired speed until you are close to your destination, then stop it and finish the last bit on EV power again. If your vehicle has regen braking then you can even recharge your EV while being pushed... Hope this helps, Cor van de Water Chief Scientist Proxim Wireless office +1 408 383 7626 Skype: cor_van_de_water XoIP +31 87 784 1130 private: cvandewater.info http://www.proxim.com This email message (including any attachments) contains confidential and proprietary information of Proxim Wireless Corporation. If you received this message in error, please delete it and notify the sender. Any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution, or copying of any part of this message is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: EV [mailto:ev-boun...@lists.evdl.org] On Behalf Of Tom Martin via EV Sent: Saturday, February 11, 2017 6:23 PM To: ev@lists.evdl.org Subject: [EVDL] Generator? Greetings Gents and ladies; I need to know what type of generator will keep my 144v ( 12 / 12s ) system running? I didn't buy it new, I built my own, like so many of you did several years ago. I want to put a generator in it so I can keep going, and going, and going. I don't know if a store model 8kw gen will do the job or not. Any knowledgeable info will be appreciated. Thanks Tom Martin -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.evdl.org/private.cgi/ev-evdl.org/attachments/20170212/aab8 25d3/attachment.htm> _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at 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 Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
