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Andy Chee:
Society running out of power is frightening.

But a personal car running out of power is merely an inconvenience to yourself (you have yourself to blame for not planning ahead).

Smokey:

--- Quote from: Andy Chee on December 31, 2023, 03:54:48 am ---Build a range extender



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There is another one now where this guy swapped in a diesel engine... 

I'm pretty sure this is bullshit, and he's just driving around a normal tesla with an engine running in the back doing absolutely nothing useful (except getting youtube views).  They make zero mention of how this engine is putting energy into the car.  It's not mechanically coupled to the wheels.  And they don't have any electronics to boost a generators voltage up to pack voltage (400V) to charge the pack.  I'm pretty sure the Tesla BMS would lose its shit if it detected the battery charging while the vehicle was moving anyway. 

pickle9000:

--- Quote from: Andy Chee on January 01, 2024, 07:34:00 am ---Society running out of power is frightening.

But a personal car running out of power is merely an inconvenience to yourself (you have yourself to blame for not planning ahead).

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An EV aka battery pack, a means of charging it means a shop with tools and electronics that can save your life, that means a great deal.

Andy Chee:

--- Quote from: Smokey on January 01, 2024, 07:55:26 am ---
--- Quote from: Andy Chee on December 31, 2023, 03:54:48 am ---Build a range extender

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There is another one now where this guy swapped in a diesel engine... 

I'm pretty sure this is bullshit, and he's just driving around a normal tesla with an engine running in the back doing absolutely nothing useful (except getting youtube views).  They make zero mention of how this engine is putting energy into the car.  It's not mechanically coupled to the wheels.  And they don't have any electronics to boost a generators voltage up to pack voltage (400V) to charge the pack.  I'm pretty sure the Tesla BMS would lose its shit if it detected the battery charging while the vehicle was moving anyway.

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You don't need 400V to charge the pack, you only need household 240V.

I agree somewhat about the Tesla computer preventing simultaneous charging and movement, I realise that Tesla hackers have done all sorts of weird system bypasses, so charging whilst moving is not out of the realm of possibilities.

.RC.:
You be like this digger and just have your own electric power source to follow you around on your travels.

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