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EV Range Extender Trailers

There are four types of trailers associated with Electric Vehicles. These are all Range Extenders that help propel the EV beyond the range of a charge of its batteries.

They are:

1. Pusher trailers that are basically the front end of a gasoline-powered, front wheel drive, automatic transmission vehicle that physically pushes the EV, instead of driving the electric motor on its batteries.

2. A trailer with a gasoline, diesel, propane or other powered generator on it that can partially or fully power the EV. This is also called a TRE, a ‘Towable Range Extender.’

3. A trailer with extra charged batteries hooked to the EV to supplement the batteries in the EV.

4. A trailer covered with solar panels to help supply extra electricity to the EV.

You will eventually see examples of all four types of EV trailers on this web page. 

Another possibility is a one-passenger trailer for driver-only electric cars. It could be equipped with a communications system such as are available for motorcyclists so the driver and trailer-passenger could talk. This would be akin to a motorcycle sidecar.

When a passenger was not in the trailer, it could be left at home thereby increasing the range of the vehicle by not incorporating the extra weight of the passenger compartment into the car at all times, thereby extending the range of the EV. This weight-saving innovation will be less necessary as better batteries become available that are reasonably priced.

THE MODULAR (ELECTRIC) CAR

This article is from Australia

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ELECTRIC CAR PUSHER TRAILER WITH GAS ENGINE

This is one way to add more range to your electric vehicle

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AND ANOTHER EV PUSHER TRAILER

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HOW ABOUT PULLING A GENERATOR TRAILER INSTEAD?

Behind a Toyota Rav4 EV

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HOW ABOUT THE T-ZERO GENERATOR TRAILER

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HERE’S A YOUTUBE VIDEO OF ANOTHER ELECTRIC CAR TOWING A SOLAR PANEL TRAILER. THIS VEHICLE IS FROM PUERTO RICO

This is an outtake from the video

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HERE’S THE SOLARTAXI WITH ITS SOLAR PANEL TRAILER

More about this vehicle and many links below

Special Feature! SWISS SOLAR-POWERED ELECTRIC CAR IS DRIVING AROUND THE WORLD!   SWITZERLAND’S  ‘SOLARTAXI’ STARTED IN JULY 2007 ON THE 19 MONTH JOURNEY   Their mission is to inform the world about Climate Change This is an earlier story about them Click Here Here are photos from their 2006 test run to Spain Click Here     On Brown Mountain, NWS. Australia Click Here   Here are more links about their car and the trip Click Here Click Here Click Here (You can use Google’s Language Tools to translate from German)   The little 3-wheeled World traveller is pulling this 15 foot long solar trailer for some of its power   This is their basic route, but they are flexible   Here’s a video of their comments before departure from Lucerne, Switzerland in July 2007 (In English) Click Here   The SolarTaxi is Powered by a Swiss-Developed Sodium Nickel Chloride ‘Zebra’ Battery To go to the home of the Zebra Battery: Click Here For general information about this battery Click Here Yes, EVMaine.org has made initial contact with these hardy adventurers

NAVITAS: YOUR PERSONAL SOLAR AND WIND-POWERED BIKE TRAILER

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THE MOTOBOB DISCONTINUED BICYCLE PUSHER TRAILER

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HOW ABOUT AN ELECTRIC PUSHER TRAILER FOR ANY PEDALED BICYCLE?

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A SOLAR POWERED BICYCLE PUSHER TRAILER

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THIS IS A DISCUSSION OF BATTERY TRAILERS

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ARTICLE: PUSHING EVS BEYOND THE BATTERY RANGE

Note: This is a pdf file

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ARTICLE: EV PUSHER

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