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jray3 · 05-24-2018, 07:37 PM

Hey OilPan4, how much does that 17.4 kW genset trailer weigh? That power level should be just right for steady-state highway cruising.

This has been done, here's one example. By Phil Sadow of EVSEUpgrade.com

#39 Ingineer, Dec 4, 2015 .

Yeah, it made the news a bit back in 2011:
How one inventor wants to boost EVs with a towable turbine
2012 Nissan Leaf Gets Unofficial Jet-Powered Range Extender, Quick Charger

Here's my post on the Nissan Leaf forum: The

The journalists never get the facts straight. It was a proof-of-concept engineering test, never meant to be a product, but it worked well. It's a modified Capstone C30 turbine with recuperator. It can put out from 250 to 700 volts DC at up to 30kW and it's 27% efficient at it's peak.

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