Hard to believe. - Mark
Sent from my Fuel Cell powered iPhone > On Jan 5, 2020, at 12:35 PM, brucedp5 via EV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > ( % Why pervert what already works great? % ) > https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-3-plugin-hybrid-engine-conversion-obrist/ > Tesla Model 3 gets bizarre battery pack “downgrade” and hybrid engine > conversion by engineering firm > January 5, 2020 Joey Klender > > [image > https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Tesla-Model-3-hybrid-Obrist-e1578217432730.jpg > TESLA MODEL 3 HYBRID CONVERSION (CREDIT: OBRIST POWERTRAIN) > ] > > An Austrian engineering firm claims they can make the widely popular Tesla > Model 3 cheaper with twice the range but at half the cost > > Obrist Powertrain’s Tesla Model 3 Plug-in Hybrid conversion [ > https://edison.media/tesla-model-3-faehrt-besser-mit-hybridantrieb/25198866/ > ] called the “Obrist Mark II” will support a range of 620 miles (1,000 > kilometers) through a battery pack “downgrade” and the addition of a front > trunk-mounted petrol engine. The company claims that today’s electric > vehicles have an incomplete infrastructure, inadequate range, and > cost-prohibitive for the average consumer, which became the inspiration for > the “HyperHybrid” powertrain solution: [ > https://www.obrist-powertrain.com/hyperhybrid/ > ] a platform for those looking to make a positive impact on the environment, > but without spending a lot of money. To accomplish this, Tesla Model 3’s ~50 > kWh battery pack based on the latest 2170 cells is replaced with a smaller > 17.3 kWh battery pack of older 18650 cells for considerable weight savings > over the factory pack. A two-cylinder petrol engine is added to the > vehicle’s front trunk and together with the replacement lithium-ion battery, > Obrist boasts maximum energy efficiency and unmatched compactness and > pricing. > > At a cost of $2231.90 for the 17.3 kWh system and $1,339.14 for the engine, > the system’s total price comes to be $3,571.04, or around 55% cheaper than > the cost of a 50 kWh battery pack module. > > Obrist [ obrist-powertrain.com ] signed its first license agreement for the > car in October and expects to have a second deal done within the near > future. The company located on Lake Constance in Austria plans to have its > first HyperHybrid car available for public purchase in 2023. A prototype has > already been in Germany for testing alongside a BMW i3. An exact name for > the car has not been released by company founder Frank Obrist. > > While it is an interesting concept to modify a Tesla Model 3 by replacing > the battery with a smaller and lighter module and adding a small engine in > the frunk, the idea defeats the purpose of buying a Tesla altogether. Many > Tesla owners purchased their vehicles to avoid buying gas and fight the > global climate crisis. However, adding the gas motor to the vehicle defeats > both of these advantages and eliminates the environmental positives that > driving a Tesla has to offer. The real question is: Why fix what isn’t > broken? > [© teslarati.com] > > > + > https://www.maxim.com/rides/tesla-cybertruck-camping-and-trailer-configurations-2019-12 > Tesla Cybertruck Unveils New Trailer and Outdoorsy Camping Version > Dec 11, 2019 ... Tesla CEO Elon Musk teased the "sick attachment" for his > Cybertruck ... coming and released renderings of camper and trailer > configurations ... in store for the Cybertruck, including camper and trailer > configurations ... > https://www.maxim.com/.image/c_limit%2Ccs_srgb%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_700/MTY4OTU0OTczNTkyMjMzNzk1/tesla-cybertruck-camper.webp > > > > > For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: > http://www.evdl.org/archive/ > > > {brucedp.neocities.org} > > -- > Sent from: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/ > _______________________________________________ > UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub > ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html > INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org > Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA) > > _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub ARCHIVE: http://www.evdl.org/archive/index.html INFO: http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
