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Originally Posted by NachtRitter
Agreed; cost of the system should be a factor... however, we haven't addressed that yet.
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Perhaps we should. While cost effective for DIY, where the front half of a car may be available at a reasonable price, at a manufacturing level any add on device would probably have a prohibitive price tag.
At a guess, even considering that it may not have the same power requirement, a pusher is going to cost about 1/3 the price of a whole ICE car. I think that kills it as a viable option.
A generator, for series electrical power into the battery, will have two wheels and a chassis as well as the ICE and generator.
Could it be rented for only the times when it is needed? I think that is still going to cost more than will be acceptable because the minimum number of them will be set by that required during peak demand with the idle period cost included in the rental fee. How many would be needed during school vacation periods for example?