I put a small windmill (hood ornament ) a"4 prop on the hood of my EV (to charge the bat in the meter in the car) and can park anywhere and in 5 min somebody will start talking to me and another 5 min and I'm plugged into there 240 dryer outlet charging at 40 amps . 2 hours later I'm charged and all from a little 4 inch windmill hood ornament (can be seen at www.grassrootsev.com ) . I had at one time though it would be much more powerful (stop the on coming war) but to do this it would have taken hood ornaments on many EV's . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter VanDerWal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:29 PM Subject: Re: Cross country charging challenge.
> Please tell me you are not suggesting the old "windmill on the roof to > charge while your driving" bit? > > Doesn't work, the extra drag from the windmill (regardless of where you > put it) adds up to more energy than it produces. > > Now if you put one in the trunk and set it up in a windy spot while you > are parked....shoot in two or three days you'll be able to drive another > 30 miles. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >This may be stupid, but have you considered a wind generator? I guess the resistance of the blades would eat up the power generated. > > > >jeff > > > > > > > >
