A photo shared at least 75 000 times on facebook allegedly shows a diesel van towing a petrol generator in order to charge an electric car.
Diesel generator for electric car charging point.
The idea behind using a portable generator for electric cars and portable solar panels for electric cars is to make the vehicle more self sufficient.
The only oil based product in the photo is the van.
The best ev charger is the chargepoint home charging station which is a level 2 charger that s ul listed and is rated at 32 amps of power.
The last time we attempted to charge an electric car using a gas powered generator it didn t go brilliantly.
Calculate the cost of say a 300 kwhr battery allowing for losses it may charge 2 x 100 kwhr teslas in the same day a 60 kw inverter 50kw ev charger say 100kw of panels all the controls battery management system electrical work containers installation labour concrete cranes commissioning accommodation insect repellent sunblock.
The diesel generator behind the electric car charging point it s a diesel powered electric car point.
Back in september we bought a generac gp2200i unit and tried to charge up our tesla.
An image shared on facebook comes with the claim that a gas powered van is towing a diesel powered generator that is charging an electric car.
While the austrian roadside.
If you drive an electric car and want to charge it at home you will need to install an ev charger.
The fossil fueled electric car it s becoming a joke all around the world the evs in australia powered by dirty diesel.
In a perfect world you wouldn t have to worry about making it to a charging station instead you could just juice up your car as you drive around or pull over and switch on the generator.
Upgrading from your standard home charging station to a level 2 charger will provide faster charging which in some cases can be up to 5 times quicker.
Self funding the project with an inexpensive diesel generator and the ev charger from tritium edwards bolted the two together dubbed it the chargepod and invited a number of ev drivers out to his property in perth to test it out.