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Old 10-01-2021, 01:03 PM   #1 (permalink)
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https://ecomodder.com/forum/member-a...ed-micro-r.jpgSomething germane to my own situation. A 'cheap' used EV, with limited range, and prospects for a 'trip to Grandmothers' for Thanksgiving Day'...............
So you slap on a range extender trailer, with its added battery capacity .
The added length allows a perfect streamlining opportunity, as 'elongation' = drag reduction, if done right.
Extend the body of the tow vehicle to simulate the 'entire' vehicle, without as much truncation, as a trailer/ gap-filler system.
Not only have you gained the kW-hrs of the trailers pack, you've also dropped your drag coefficient into the 'unobtainium' region.
You have the length. Why not take advantage of it for all it's worth?
https://electrek.co/2020/02/19/frenc...nge-extenders/
At around 10-minutes into this video there's a brief shot of a Tesla battery flat-bed trailer someone fabricated.

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