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| ▲ | ehnto a few seconds ago | parent | next [-] |
| That is exactly what ePOWER is, that configuration is called a series hybrid and is more commonly seen in heavy industry like diesel trains or trucks in the mines (for better or worse). More recently effort is also going into series hybrids for public road haulers, which I personally think is a great application for it since you can potentially put a lot of the equipment into a hot-swappable dolly. |
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| ▲ | obmelvin 3 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| You may be interested to read / watch videos of Audi's RS Q e-tron they raced in the Dakar Rally and even won with this type of powertrain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audi_RS_Q_e-tron |
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| ▲ | kevin_nisbet 10 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Not for cars, but Edison Motors in Canada seems to be going this route right now for their heavy duty trucks and heavy-duty pickup truck conversions. Disclosure: I have a small investment in them. |
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| ▲ | 33MHz-i486 4 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Ford and Ram are both doing this with their next generation electric pickups. Range and towing on pure electric was deemed too compromised. |
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| ▲ | Jimpulse 4 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Already a big push with this. They call them EREV now, extended range electric vehicles. |
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| ▲ | sjtrny an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Chevrolet Volt (2011) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extended-range_electric_vehicl... |
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| ▲ | Twirrim 42 minutes ago | parent [-] | | The volt was never popular enough, unfortunately. Right around the time we were looking to buy a new car, and had the Volt high on our list, the retired the product line. |
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| ▲ | geokon 18 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Theoretically couldn't you take an electric car and put an off-the-shelf generator in your frunk and wire it up to charge the battery as you drive? |
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| ▲ | jackvalentine 26 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| This is how BYD does it. (It also can apparently drive the front wheels with a clutch) https://bydautomotive.com.au/shark-6 |
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| ▲ | seemaze 9 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Isn’t that how diesel trains operate? |
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| ▲ | janzer 24 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Just a note: the Technology Connections video above goes over why this doesn't work well for cars (but does for train locomotives). |
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| ▲ | serf an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| bmw I3s were this type of hybrid as far as I remember. the ICE extender was an option. |
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| ▲ | jasonwatkinspdx an hour ago | parent [-] | | Yup, my friends had one and loved it despite the... unique styling. They live in the Puget Sound area, and both work at the same place. It worked out to where they could do their commute, and ordinary errands entirely on battery, and only needed the range extender if they were going into downtown Seattle or on a road trip or such. |
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| ▲ | cyberax 44 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] |
| There were several of them: the first and second generations of Chevy Volt, Fisker Karma, BMW i3, and a couple of Chinese brands. They're less efficient than parallel hybrids at high speeds (on a freeway). And you also need a fairly sizeable engine to keep up with the consumption at freeway speed, so at this point you might as well just throw in a planetary gearbox. |
