Friday 9 October 2015

Portable Power For Electric Cars


One of the factors that keeps electric vehicles from wide adoption is range anxiety. Though battery technologies have come a long way in the last decade, with 100 miles on a charge being common, people still want to know they can take off on a family vacation or a weekend away.

A French company has a cute solution to this problem: EP Tender, a generator housed in a little two-wheeled trailer pulled by your EV.

2 comment(s):

Anonymous said...

Yes, "cute" is the right word indeed. As in "it's cute... but it's WRONG!"

Anonymous said...

Perhaps the generator could be built directly into the vehicle along with a supply of fuel for the generator (say, gasoline for example). You could give the vehicle a name that reflects the dual source of power (perhaps "hybrid"). Wait a minute...