[ausev] Looking for terminology

[Gil Dawson]

Well, there you are!  A T-Zero trailer on a Rav4 EV.

Thanks for the link.  I had forgotten about that.  Now I've seen the 
pictures, I do recall Darell and Tom talking about it.  I guess I 
missed the significance at the time, as the traiilers didn't make it 
into production.  I wonder if Tom still has it?  I'll ask.

--Gil


At 5:44 P -0400 5/29/08, gregmckay at aol.com wrote:
no,  I meant Rav4EV.

Check the link I provided.

<http://www.evnut.com/rav_longranger.htm>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>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>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>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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