Herm said:rainnw said:we camp out in the middle of nowhere, and taking the SUV is a bit annoying.
Take a couple of solar panels?. they dont take that much room.
I don't think that would be too practical. :lol:
Herm said:rainnw said:we camp out in the middle of nowhere, and taking the SUV is a bit annoying.
Take a couple of solar panels?. they dont take that much room.
I think you just answered your own question there on why GM can't make a smaller ICE to power a smaller generator. They need to make it big enough to provide sufficient power to replenish 100% of what's drawn out of the battery in real time so the car can be driven without having to stop and wait for the charger to catch up with the battery drain.walterbays said:I think it would have really been quite attractive if GM had designed the Volt the way they originally talked about it, prior to unveiling it as a PHEV. What if instead of having a heavy 80 hp gas engine powering a 55 kW generator they had a light 5-10 hp gas engine powering a 3.3 kW generator? ... You could even run your L2 charger while driving, though it wouldn't put out enough power to maintain your battery charge.
I suspect their choice of the 40 mile electric range has to do more with cost saving than space or weight saving. If a 60 mile range battery costs the same as a 40 mile range battery, I'm sure GM could have figured out a way to fit it into the Volt just fine to increase its marketability.walterbays said:What if instead of 40 miles electric range they used the space and weight savings to add more batteries to get 60 miles electric range?
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