|
Range trailers work.
I have done four 200+ mile trips with an aircooled pusher, and a friend has done several 1000+ mile trips with his. They work until you overheat the old VW engine.
Explained: Mitsubishi i-MiEV With JB Straubel's Extended Range Pusher Trailer
Of course fuel economy is better with a factory-built hybrid on those long road trips, but the average Wh/mile and mpg are far ahead considering that of my now 84,000 i-MiEV miles, about 1000 were done with an engine running. Unlike plug-in hybrid drivers with similar statistics. I wasn't dragging an unneeded engine around for the other 83,000 miles. 
__________________
2012 Mitsubishi i-MiEV, 112 MPGe
2000 Honda Odyssey
1987 F250 Diesel, 6.9L IDI, goes on anything greasy
1983 Grumman Kurbwatt, 170 kW "Gone Postal" twin
1983 Mazda RX-7 electric, 48 kW car show cruiser
1971 VW Karmann Ghia electric, 300 kW tire-smoker
1965 VW Karmann Ghia cabriolet, 1600cc
Have driven over 100,000 all-electric miles!
|