The only range extender that I've heard of that actually worked pretty well, was one that took a DC motor, made it operate in regen mode, coupled with a fueled engine (I think diesel) and feed the power directly into the traction pack.
Does anyone else remember reading about that sort of setup? It seems like they used two motors of the same size/type. One for the propulsion of the vehicle, and the other in regen mode as a generator. The beauty was the fueled engine ran at it's most efficient RPM constantly.
A general purpose A/C generator will not keep up with the energy you're using, but it might be used to recharge over a longer time period, just not much if any, while driving the EV.
Does anyone else remember reading about that sort of setup? It seems like they used two motors of the same size/type. One for the propulsion of the vehicle, and the other in regen mode as a generator. The beauty was the fueled engine ran at it's most efficient RPM constantly.
A general purpose A/C generator will not keep up with the energy you're using, but it might be used to recharge over a longer time period, just not much if any, while driving the EV.
