First off these are not popping up everywhere, there are reported only 3 of them in rural Australia in areas far from the grid, they were created by Jon Edwards a retired mechanical Engineer.
The specific unit pictured here is not a 350KW generator it's a 60KW generator that uses less than 4 gallons of fuel per hour, and typically takes 45 minutes to charge Edwards BMW i3 shown in the picture, which then could travel 125 miles which is more like 112 mpg a far cry from this retarded memes claim of 5.6 mpg.
The other 2 units have different specs including one with the largest generator being 88KW. Edwards also converted all 3 units to be able to run on vegetable oil waste as well as diesel, which is pretty cool. He says running on vegetable oil the generators get 90% of the energy for equivalent volume of diesel.
The size of the generator is obviously not 350kw. I like exposing the stupidity, but this is more in line with an actual option that should be available. Diesel/gen/batt all on board the vehicle. Multifuel and could have crazy torque with dynamic/regenerative braking.
I don't know where you get that from, but it's wrong.
BMW i3 with a 42 kWh battery capacity, does not require a 250 kW charging station for fast charging. In fact, even a 50 kW DC fast charger can provide relatively fast charging for the BMW i3.
Using a 60 kW DC fast charger with a charging efficiency of 90%, it would take about 41.6 minutes, to charge a BMW i3 to achieve 125 miles of range
I don't know where you get that from, but it's wrong.
From the Tesla site
V3 is a completely new architecture for Supercharging. A new 1MW power cabinet with a similar design to our utility-scale products supports peak rates of up to 250kW....
That's Tesla max output for their fastest DC charger 250kW has nothing to do with whether or not a vehicle can fast charge. Even Tesla's older DC fast charged fast charged with only 150kW. This a bmw i3 with only a 42kWh battery, and can absolutely fast charge with a 60kW charger.
This meme is retarded.
First off these are not popping up everywhere, there are reported only 3 of them in rural Australia in areas far from the grid, they were created by Jon Edwards a retired mechanical Engineer.
The specific unit pictured here is not a 350KW generator it's a 60KW generator that uses less than 4 gallons of fuel per hour, and typically takes 45 minutes to charge Edwards BMW i3 shown in the picture, which then could travel 125 miles which is more like 112 mpg a far cry from this retarded memes claim of 5.6 mpg.
The other 2 units have different specs including one with the largest generator being 88KW. Edwards also converted all 3 units to be able to run on vegetable oil waste as well as diesel, which is pretty cool. He says running on vegetable oil the generators get 90% of the energy for equivalent volume of diesel.
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The size of the generator is obviously not 350kw. I like exposing the stupidity, but this is more in line with an actual option that should be available. Diesel/gen/batt all on board the vehicle. Multifuel and could have crazy torque with dynamic/regenerative braking.
You need 250kw for fast charge.
I don't know where you get that from, but it's wrong.
BMW i3 with a 42 kWh battery capacity, does not require a 250 kW charging station for fast charging. In fact, even a 50 kW DC fast charger can provide relatively fast charging for the BMW i3.
Using a 60 kW DC fast charger with a charging efficiency of 90%, it would take about 41.6 minutes, to charge a BMW i3 to achieve 125 miles of range
From the Tesla site
V3 is a completely new architecture for Supercharging. A new 1MW power cabinet with a similar design to our utility-scale products supports peak rates of up to 250kW....
https://www.tesla.com/blog/introducing-v3-supercharging
That's Tesla max output for their fastest DC charger 250kW has nothing to do with whether or not a vehicle can fast charge. Even Tesla's older DC fast charged fast charged with only 150kW. This a bmw i3 with only a 42kWh battery, and can absolutely fast charge with a 60kW charger.