Bishop hill points us to this video of the tesla supercharging station at the harris ranch exit of interstate 5 in california.
Electric car charger powered by diesel generator.
Electric car owners carry a chip about not being able to drive across the country as any real car owner could.
Edwards and a group of fellow ev drivers gathered last week to test out whether powering an ev charger in this case a tritium veefil 50kw dc charger with diesel would be not only a reliable solution but whether the amount of diesel used is at least comparable to that of a diesel fuelled car.
A gas powered van towing a diesel generator charging an electric car.
What s powering the electric car charging station.
Could be applied to cars to give all wheel drive without having to lug around a massive fire hazard of a battery but since the government won t give any subsidies to the car manufacturers it will never happen.
While the austrian roadside assistance association that owns the mobile charging station in the photo confirmed to afp it relies mostly on diesel vehicles to tow its batteries it said the generator is a lithium.
Calculate the cost of say a 300 kwhr battery allowing for losses it may charge 2 x 100 kwhr teslas in the same day a 60 kw inverter 50kw ev charger say 100kw of panels all the controls battery management system electrical work containers installation labour concrete cranes commissioning accommodation insect repellent sunblock.
This is not a petrol generator but a mobile power bank for e cars the mobile electric vehicle charger consists of several lithium cells and can.
Constant speed diesel generator feeding power to electric hub motors very efficient.
How can one resist posting a video of tesla electric cars being recharged so it is claimed using a diesel generator these people love the environment you see the video shows a portable diesel generator next to the charging station and some tesla.
Range extended electric car drive report by very first owner sure enough after a half hour of charging in a parking lot the i3 had gained four miles of range.
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It s becoming a joke all around the world the evs in australia powered by dirty diesel.
But what s the difference.
The photo was actually misinterpreted.
The future is stupid reads the text above the photo.
11 the image.
The last time we attempted to charge an electric car using a gas powered generator it didn t go brilliantly.
Back in september we bought a generac gp2200i unit and tried to charge up our tesla.