[ref http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-A-Tesla-EV-s-best-friend-a-Russian-Trucker-regen-tow-60kph-v-tp4674567.html EVLN: A Tesla EV's best-friend> a Russian-Trucker, regen-tow@60kph (v)
http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-Tesla-EV-s-best-friend-could-be-a-Russian-Trucker-regen-60kph-v-tp4674568.html Re: EVLN: Tesla EV's best-friend could be a Russian-Trucker> regen@60kph (v) ] Way-way back in the late 1990's before Honda (like GM's EV1) took back all their really nice EV-plus EVs from lease so they could crush & destroy them ... There was a report of an EVplus driver that needed a charge, but since the EVSE infrastructure was nothing like today, he decided to call a tow truck. He purposely left the EV-plus key in the 'on' position so that the regen would recharge the EV-plus pack. This helped the driver in more than one aspect: not only did he get a partial charge when there was next to nil public EV-charging around back-them, but he was able to stop the tow part of the way to his destination, thus save some on the tow costs> the regen had given him enough range to make it the rest of the way. Honda did not allow towing in regen mode, so this expereince was mainly shared amoungst EV drivers, for fear of having Honda take away the EV-plus drivers leased-EV. Back in those days, the automakers were so restrictive, for fear of damaging their new auto tech vehicles. But in hindsight, they should not have been if their overall plan was to yank all those EVs back once the Big7 Automakers have made their point that "no one wanted them". Much to their chargrin, that point was proven wrong as there were so many people that wanted the EV-plus, all the leases were filled. The EV-advocates (like myself) that had gone the extra mile to promote the EV Plus at shows and EVents were rewarded by Honda by them announcing they had met their CARB quota and were not making nor leasing any more EV-plus EVs. (please do not try to tell me those automakers did not hate EVs, I was there and likely you were not). For more detail on the Honda EV-plus, see http://www.altfuels.org/misc/ev_plus.html http://www.altfuels.org/events/testdriv/rental2.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_EV_Plus For EVLN posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/template/NamlServlet.jtp?macro=search_page&node=413529&query=subject%3Aevln+NOT+subject%3Are&days=0&sort=date {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/Re-EVLN-Tesla-EV-s-best-friend-could-be-a-Russian-Trucker-regen-60kph-v-tp4674568p4674573.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org For EV drag racing discussion, please use NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
