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Old 09-16-2016, 03:56 PM   #85 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by basjoos View Post
If you come home to a dark house (power lines down in wind/ice storm) with only 5 miles range left on your EV batteries, how practical is it to hook it up to your home or portable generator to boost the range back up to a usable distance (> 40 miles) so you could get back to work the next day or drive out to a commercial charging location (assuming their power hasn't been knocked out as well).
I've had that happen, just turn on my volt, hook up a 12v inverter, I can run a TV, lights and a fridge, then when I need to go to work, I just drive there power or not.

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