[Ryland]

Originally Posted by Frank Lee

Some ecomodders go to great lengths to not have the engine in their cars charge the battery, while some ecomodders go to great lengths to add engines to cars that don't have them in order to charge batteries... all in the name of using less fuel.

Either way, the idea is to use a better source of energy to power as much of the vehicle as possible, just like it being more cost effective to plug in a block heater to preheat a gas engine then it is to have the engine run cold for the first few minutes, even in the summer and if at all possible, I really like having a gas car and an electric car, I haven't driven my gas car in over a week, I'll drive it once tomorrow to head out of town for the morning and leave it parked for another few weeks, the people who did use it however in that time used it instead of vehicles that got half of the mileage.
There are a lot of times tho, that a battery trailer would add enough range that a generator would not be needed, ever.