yes, the battery doesn't care if the road surface is tilted in any direction. Gas tank levels need to take this into account, so you don't run out of gas uphill, with 20 miles range remaining...
A 3kw generator would have about a 6-7 hp engine. I expect that to be as fun as driving a Citroen 2CV with 3x the weight.Put vents in the trunk and install generator.
I'm thinking you need about 3killowatts to go down the road?
Put a hitch on it and mount a basket for a generator!!!Lesson learned ... keep a generator full of gas in the trunk.
A Tesla Model S draws about 20 kW at 70 MPH.A 3kw generator would have about a 6-7 hp engine. I expect that to be as fun as driving a Citroen 2CV with 3x the weight.
Wouldn't it be more than that with charging losses?A Tesla Model S draws about 20 kW at 70 MPH.
^^Haha good one!Lesson learned ... keep a generator full of gas in the trunk.
If it is drawing from battery or an umbilical from a generator it does not matter. No need to charge the battery if power is being directly applied to the traction motor.Wouldn't it be more than that with charging losses?
I could see it drawing 20KW from the battery, but we are talking about charging it from a generator so you would have to take into account charging losses which IIRC are ~~15%
Towed by fossil fuel.A while back I was heading into town and got behind a Tesla S driving very slowly with his flashers on. He turned into a Shell station(!) and parked it, out of charge. I talked to a clerk the next day and he said the car stayed there for several hours and was towed by the owner to a charging station.
My Tesla‘s “fuel gauge” of remaining miles is spot-on and in total agreement with advertised range. I can beat it below 70 MPH. However it is set to USA EPA calibration vs the much more generous (and wrong) European.The range advertised, is not even close to what real world range is. Expect to get half of that, especially in winter. So if you need 500 kms of range, best buy something advertising 1000 kms range. T3 long range advertised as 565kms, really goes 280 kms, we stopped using the Tesla for road trips, have since stopped using it at all. My boss doesn't feel safe in it, and neither do I. Soon to be gone, and replaced by something that burns good old gasoline.
It's pretty cool to plug in and let the sun fill your tank, lemme tell ya.Wouldn’t be cool if you had some sort of liquid fuel and could go 25 miles on one gallon of it ...... wait a minute. Never mind.
Uh,uh, not until the panels are paid for!It's pretty cool to plug in and let the sun fill your tank, lemme tell ya.
Especially when rag is $4 per gallon...