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A heretofore unknown publication dubbed Gadget Review published a video outlining "How to Charge BMW's i3 Electric Car in a Desert (or Any Where)" using a Honda generator. I'm sure that somebody somewhere thought that this would be a great concept for "shareable" content (including the part where the host attempts to run the generator inside the vehicle). The actual idea didn't yield a ton of juice for the i3′s battery, but the idea of using generators to assist EV charging isn't entirely unknown.
Long before the Chevrolet Volt, GM's EV experimented were far cruder, and involved, you guessed it, Honda generators rigged to battery packs as an ersatz range extender. According to a former GM engineer and friend of TTAC, the generator would kick in as the batteries depleted themselves, allowing the prototype vehicle (a Geo Storm) to recharge the batteries and make its way home. "Some of those guys ended up working on the EV1 and are still at GM," he told us. "I bet that's where the inspiration for the Volt came from."
This begs the question – why not just get the i3′s optional from the get-go, and avoid this problem altogether?
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