A recent question asked if you could use “Druids” to charge and electric car or they did not require a charge at all leaving the leading question that they must be charged from fossil fuel sources. If we run out of gas the only thing that can help is gasoline. What are some less usual ways to charge an electric car in an emergency?
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Unfortunately we tend to give up too easily to the suggestion that running out of a charge is an issue when it does not have to be to the creative thinker or an adaptive society. Once the US was known for people who could think “out of the box.” A portable device is now being marketed that will allow an emergency charge to services like AAA. http://www.plugincars.com/aaa-introduces-roadside-…
— A very inventive individual had his electric car towed by a friend while lightly touching the brakes. The regenerative braking was enough to charge the vehicle quickly. The same trick might be good if you could be pushed or towed to the top of a hill. This article makes it clear that this is not a recommended practice so you will have to guage how much of an “emergency” you are facing: http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1060638_can-yo…
–There might be cheap way
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There might be a relatively cheap way to make a wind generator that could be used for emergency charging: http://www.greenpowertalk.org/archive/index.php/t-…
Here is what happens as the Nissan Leaf is running out of a charge (it doesn’t become a brick) http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/po…
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I am sure there are many other creative and inventive possibilities…
Update 4:
While the EV comes usually is supplied with a 120 volt portable charge cord an after market adapter will/would allow charging at charge points of opportunity like campgrounds, dryer and welding outlets that have a higher charge level available.
And there are probably even more possibilities…
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Excellent question. Electric cars can, of course charge from any electric outlet. In an emergency, pull into a gas station, or a restaurant, or a corner store, and offer a few dollars – or offer to do some business, and there’s a good chance the proprietor will let you use an outlet.
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There’s probably no need to fill your entire battery. Just like, if you ran out of gas, you wouldn’t need to lug an entire tank of gas back to your car. If you’re a few miles short of your destination, an hours’ charge or less will probably let you finish your trip.
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It’s also a good idea to keep an emergency generator in your garage. Not only is it a good thing to have in an extended power outage, but you could also charge your electric car – from gasoline – if the power stays off for several days.
You might contact Tesla Motor Car company and ask them directly. Another source might well be AAA.
I believe, most any 120V outlet will work. Tho a 220V outlet will work faster.
I haven’t heard of a portable energy pack for running an electric car until it could get to an outlet for a full charge.
First of all, not all sources of electricity come from fossil fuel. Power plants the produce that electricity can be using solar or wind energy. Second of all you can probably just do what we already do with gas powered cars. When a gas powered car runs out of fuel you can just use a stored tank of gas in the trunk of your car or get one form a gas station. We can do the same with electricity. Just keep a battery back up in the trunk of your car.
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Ya its is big problem, I have also face same problem many time.
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