Portable emergency battery pack would be great to have in trunk for emergency.
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Portable emergency battery pack would be great to have in trunk for emergency.
Portable emergency battery pack would be great to have in trunk for emergency.
Portable emergency battery pack would be great to have in trunk for emergency.
So another thing. Really the GZ is the only practical option. But then it wouldn’t be as simple as plug in the battery and go. You would have to charge of the 110 inverter and even if the yeti inverter would handle the load you would need to sit plugged in for 7-14 hours to get the ~13 mile range.Let's look at some of the giant battery packs available now. Assume a Model 3 uses 240 Wh/mi.
Anker Powerhouse - 400 Wh, $500, 9 lbs, +1.7 mi range
Goal Zero Yeti 3000 - 3024 Wh, $3000, 68 lbs, +13 mi range
Tesla Powerwall - 13,500 Wh, $6700, 276 lbs, +56 mi range
So this is a thing you could do, but you would really want to spend several thousand dollars and drive around with all that extra weight in the trunk just to get a few extra miles in case of emergency?
Pay a little bit of attention to your buffer as you drive and just...don't let that happen.
I know. I live in one of those places and have dealt with this for over 5 years. When my car got delivered, for the first year and a half, there still weren't any Superchargers within range I could drive to.There are a lot of places that do not have nearby superchargers...
Yes, well aware.Look at Oklahoma, there are only 5 places in the state...
Don't say you can't. You can, but it's less convenient. I had a 14 hour drive home from Salt Lake City that should normally take about 5 hours because I was using slow 40A AC charging the whole way back when there weren't any Superchargers there.You cannot even go east on I40 since there is a 350 mile gap between superchargers... (OKC to Littlerock).
I have also done drives where I had to be very careful of my range. I drove from Sisters, OR all the way to Baker City, OR without stopping, with the cruise control set on 45 mph and no heat. to make it. It took about 5 freaking hours!I have to be very careful. I have a home and work charger that gets me by, but bad weather causes major range anxiety. I have had to pull into an RV park and charge a couple of hours in the past (caused by a big detour/road closure).
I am very well aware of that and have encountered those types of things, like snow storms.Things like pouring rain in cold weather can kill your range.
My closest supercharger is ~2100 miles away and requires a passport to get there... also all the RV sites are closed for the 6-8 months of winter.There are a lot of places that do not have nearby superchargers... Look at Oklahoma, there are only 5 places in the state... You cannot even go east on I40 since there is a 350 mile gap between superchargers... (OKC to Littlerock).
I have to be very careful. I have a home and work charger that gets me by, but bad weather causes major range anxiety. I have had to pull into an RV park and charge a couple of hours in the past (caused by a big detour/road closure).
Things like pouring rain in cold weather can kill your range.
I'm picturing a Mars rover with solar panels strapped to the top ala Mark Watney.My closest supercharger is ~2100 miles away and requires a passport to get there... also all the RV sites are closed for the 6-8 months of winter.
Portable emergency battery pack would be great to have in trunk for emergency.
Yeah, this comes up regularly, and it's as impractical as hauling around a spare traction battery. The amount of PV you can possibly put on the roof a car is so small and the engineering needed so significant, that it's a complete non-starter.Don't they already have ideas to strap a solar panel on the roof of the car and connect it to the car battery as a backup charger as it drives? Vampire gain may be software controlled to be switched off when the battery is full and if driving, it goes to helping the car move?
Yeah, this comes up regularly, and it's as impractical as hauling around a spare traction battery. The amount of PV you can possibly put on the roof a car is so small and the engineering needed so significant, that it's a complete non-starter.