[ausev] Looking for terminology

[Aaron Choate]

You guys are both right.  The "long ranger" that Tom Dowling purchased from
AC Propulsion for use with his RAV 4 is the same generator trailer design
that AC Propulsion tested with their TZero.  The TZero version of the
trailer is linked off of the page Greg is pointing to in this post.

Cheers,

Aaron Choate

On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 4:44 PM, <gregmckay at aol.com> wrote:

> no,  I meant Rav4EV.
>
> Check the link I provided.
>
> http://www.evnut.com/rav_longranger.htm
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Gil Dawson <Gil at Gil.Dawson.name>
> To: AustinEV News Announcements and General Discussion <ausev at austinev.org
> >
> Sent: Thu, 29 May 2008 3:31 pm
> Subject: Re: [ausev] Looking for terminology
>
> >This Wikipedia article talks about hybrid types.
> >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_hybrid#Series_hybrid
>
> It does, but it kinda soft-pedals the Prius's way of doing things.
> It may be out of line moneywise for the individual conversion, but
> the technology is interesting.  Here's a pretty good explanation:
>
>    http://prius.ecrostech.com/original/Understanding/PowerSplitDevice.htm
>
> >The Rav4EV had a smal trailer that held a generator that was used to
> >charge and thus extend the range.
>
> You're probably thinking of the T-Zero.  Some people were talking
> about buying a T-Zero trailer and modifying it to fit a RAV4.  I
> don't think anyone ever did that.  There's a photo of a T-Zero with
> its range-extending trailer attached on the following web page:
>
>       http://www.acpropulsion.com/vehicles/all.htm
>
> That trailer had steerable wheels controlled by a computer that
> sensed the position of the front wheels and did the right thing,
> whatever that is.  They had movies on the web of a T-Zero with its
> trailer driving backwards through a slalom of pylons and another of
> the whole rig parallel parking, but I can't find them now.  A really
> great idea, and these guys are still around.
>
> --Gil
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