Reinen
Well-Known Member
Exactly. It will emotionally devastate the tree huggers but the reality is that a Jeep goes where there is zero infrastructure and EVs require infrastructure. Even then, how often do Jeeps travel farther than 1 battery full into the wilderness? Considering all the miles that all Jeeps cover, it's an extremely small percentage. Reverting to fossil fuels for that miniscule percentage of travel is still a huge win environmentally.I mean, it's still using fossil fuels, but I love the out-of-the-box thinking.
As I mentioned above, there could be a whole industry of overland-friendly-electric-production gear, suited for different environments.
- Collapsible wind turbine
- Wood-burning generator (recharge your Jeep while chillin by the fire)
- Water turbine if you're wheeling near a river
- steam-powered
All things that generate electricity without needing gasoline or other fossil fuels.
The big question (and opportunity) is making them small/portable/affordable, and how to get that electricity *into* your EV Jeep.
I unfortunately don't see the other generation methods you listed being viable. To get a substantial amount of energy out of them, they would either be too large or cumbersome to transport, would require very specific or transient conditions to function or would often be banned due to risk of wildfire. I'm out west so the wood burning generator (which could produce enough power) is just a complete no-no.
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