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Fear Mongering About Range Anxiety Has To Stop — CT Governor Calls Out EV Opponents::Several state governors are fighting fear mongering as they attempt to reduce transportation emissions in their states.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (19 children)

Serious Question: Why can't we just have towable generators so EVs can go from an electric car to a Plugin Hybrid for road trips?

Generators aren't very expensive relatively speaking.

Yet I've never heard not seen this anywhere, and seems like a very easy solution to range anxiety.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I think it's because someone who takes enough Road trips to use something like that would properly just get a regular plug in hybrid. That being said, this might be coming soon for ev trucks actually. The dodge ram ev is going to have a gas powered range extender, and I believe ford has patented a bed mounted version for its ev truck.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Safety as well. Generators are not built for all the regulations the DOT has. It's a different thing to transport a generator and then actually having it fixed to a vehicle as a usable entity.

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