adric22
Well-known member
I know we've had threads before where people have connected portable generators to their EVSE's and charged their leaf, etc.
But I got to thinking today. I think it would be cool if somebody actually manufactured a small generator that was designed specifically for charging EVs and actually had a J1772 cord attached right to the generator. I also wonder how small it might be possible to make such a thing so that it would be easy to carry in the hatchback of a Leaf or other EV.
Most of the time I'm going outside of my EV range, it is usually not that far outside of the range. I'm also usually going to be somewhere for quite some time, but there is simply nowhere to charge. For example on Saturday I'm going to be driving from Ft.Worth to Plano and it will probably be around 100 miles round trip. If there were a charging station where I was going, the trip would be no problem. But there is not. But if I had a small convenient generator I could pull out, then I could charge for several hours and return home.
Sure...I could buy a generator now, but my EVSE is just the standard 120V. I'd have to also get the EVSE upgrade to really make use of that. Plus I'd have to get a larger generator to get 240V because the smaller ones typically only output 120V. So yeah.. if there were a custom made generator that put out 240V at maybe 12 amps or more that was really small and designed to be carried in the back of a leaf with a J1772 cord already on it... that would actually be something I'd buy if it were a decent price.
But I got to thinking today. I think it would be cool if somebody actually manufactured a small generator that was designed specifically for charging EVs and actually had a J1772 cord attached right to the generator. I also wonder how small it might be possible to make such a thing so that it would be easy to carry in the hatchback of a Leaf or other EV.
Most of the time I'm going outside of my EV range, it is usually not that far outside of the range. I'm also usually going to be somewhere for quite some time, but there is simply nowhere to charge. For example on Saturday I'm going to be driving from Ft.Worth to Plano and it will probably be around 100 miles round trip. If there were a charging station where I was going, the trip would be no problem. But there is not. But if I had a small convenient generator I could pull out, then I could charge for several hours and return home.
Sure...I could buy a generator now, but my EVSE is just the standard 120V. I'd have to also get the EVSE upgrade to really make use of that. Plus I'd have to get a larger generator to get 240V because the smaller ones typically only output 120V. So yeah.. if there were a custom made generator that put out 240V at maybe 12 amps or more that was really small and designed to be carried in the back of a leaf with a J1772 cord already on it... that would actually be something I'd buy if it were a decent price.