Thread: EV general discussion

Originally Posted by Tote

101s had a matching powered trailer, it had a propensity to induce the 101 to lie on its side from memory........

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Tote

Fast forward 50 years, and a trailer mounted EV drive unit would be able to significantly improve stability.

Originally Posted by Captain_Rightfoot

There is a lot of rubbish going both ways.

The idea of an electric caravan is already underway.

As a side note.. I actually think an electrically driven caravan would be super cool for off road use. Even if you just had a relatively small battery that could drive or even assist when the going got tough.

Given caravans are pretty modular (many of them run on commercially available suspension) it would be neat if someone came up with an EV kit! You probably don't need all the super flash stuff on the van linked below.

The Lightship L1 is a caravan built for EVs that can also power your home - The Verge

Coincidently, I am currently in Nevada and actually saw a prototype being transported on the back of a semi yesterday. Did not realise what is was until you posted the link above.

It is a big caravan that one - but would be smaller than what you see behind many of the pick up trucks here in the US.

Ignoring price, the tech of that caravan is very impressive. Can be optioned with a 80kWhr battery, it’s own drive system, has a range of 300miles, built in stability control, and makes towing behind an EV truck range neutral and more stable. 3kW solar panels, and can live off grid, or put power into your home like the F-150 lightning offers the ability to do.

L1 Trailer — Lightship

It’s a bizarre looking caravan. Will be interesting to see if the technology catches on. Would be great to see them develop a smaller version with a bit more ground clearance.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

Fast forward 50 years, and a trailer mounted EV drive unit would be able to significantly improve stability.

By having a tonne of batteries and motors in an already overloaded 3.5 tonne acoustically transparent ****box - what could possibly go wrong! 🤣

A good video here by Alec - Tesla won the plug war - and that's good news! - YouTube

It’s long but worth watching. He’s a long time EV driver and has some interesting thoughts on the charging network in the USA, and how bad the non Tesla charging network is and how the switch to adopting the Tesla connector as a standard could dramatically improve this in the future.

Originally Posted by DiscoDB

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L1 Trailer — Lightship

It’s a bizarre looking caravan. Will be interesting to see if the technology catches on. Would be great to see them develop a smaller version with a bit more ground clearance.

I hope those windows are made from something pretty tough. When it is lowered for towing, the whole of the outside is clad with windows.

Originally Posted by NavyDiver

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Back to ambulance bills- The Poor do NOT pay often. It is those of us who do pay or pay tax that pay for everything!!!!

yeah man, it's called living in a community.

Mon Dieu?


My car will NOT the one if it arrives in Oct or November The flashing lights in your rear-view mirror could belong to a MG 4 police car – at least if you’re in France.

https://www.msn.com/en-au/motoring/n...b7a628dff&ei=8

Yesterday in Dubbo Square there was an EV on display in the mini-mall. I did not see a make I recognised anywhere on it, but the logo on front is ! . About the size of an original Mini, only four door, Sign in the windscreen "$41,9000 Driveaway". Didn't seem to be any other information, but I was in a bit of a hurry, so didn't look too hard.