If you take away the “green bs” I might be interested... like any engineering it can make sense in a given niche
if you deal in short-range commutes where you plug this into your house each night yeah there’s a logic to it that I could make it work..... the reality is most people do not drive 215 miles in one day.... so if you’re averaging under say 150 miles in a day to allow you some margin for error and then plug it in each night at your home ...it works
what I’m really surprised and I’m dead serious why they don’t have an extended range option of a towable gas driven generator that can be used while driving effectively making it a hybrid for long distance runs
But the phony eco bull s*** turns me off though I know in the long run this is not some environmental miracle...it still runs on the same fossil fuels just proxeed by the powered electrical power company... and the recycling of this thing with all the batteries and whatnot is an ecological nightmare
That was the original intent behind the Chevy Volt, an electric car with a small gasoline engine for range extension. I believe the reality fell well short of that, but the Volt does have the best all-electric range of any plug-in hybrid, something around 35 miles. If you have a very short daily commute a tank of gas could last for quite a while.
I’m no fan of Musk or electric cars, but I don’t see where recycling large battery packs would be a nightmare.
Currently 99% of lead acid automotive batteries are recycled, and Li Ion is expected to be similar.
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214993714000037
the recycling of this thing with all the batteries and whatnot is an ecological nightmare