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Exercise Complete
(This post was for my website but I cant get the login up)
Problem Statement:
Hybrid and EV cars wont come out of gear in the event of system failure. With a standard transmission gasser you can throw it into neutral and get a car out of a tight spot. With an automatic they have an override, put er into neutral.
With something like a 1st Gen Prius... or an 04 Prius... or many of the EV's on the maket...
No dice
So (enter 4 pages here) Towing is NOT A SOLUTION to EV's which have run flat someplace where there is no charger.
(Jumping ahead)
...
I have towed 2pcs Prius
The first was a 1st gen, maybe 2nd gen.
It was stuck in a steep driveway in Washington
Good guy named Doug sent me on an exercise to get this vehicle off the property with nothing but a tow dolly.
L O L
T H A T is a story for another time
Kimberly and I got the vehicle off the property but it took us the better half of a day and we were sore and sunburnt
Fast forward....
Yesterday I left an 04 Prius in down town Campbell. Parked parallel to the street, other cars in front of and behind it. The Vehicle was "locked up" - fubar - plumes of white smoke had billowed from under the hood and the transmission (by my tries) would not go into Netural
... (2 pages) Turns out this is a real bitch for tow companies
Blah blah... you have to use slipper plates under the wheels... do a bunch of shit... as you cant go dragging a car on a single steel cable in a highly populated area. Causes too much ruckus, to much perceived risk etc. If the vehicle in front of your vehicle can not be moved... it is a real problem getting the car on the truck
I.E.
If you have an EV
And you are enjoying down town campbell
And your kid runs the battery flat sitting in the car with the AC blowing...
A
T O W
T R U C K
I S
N O T
Y O U R
S O L U T I O N
... A day and a half of Schindler Engineering time + an Uber Ride + 3 more trips over the hill prove this. In the past 24hrs ...
* Lost half a day ENG hours yesterday
* Lost half a day CPA hours + half a day ENG hrs today
* Paid an Uber trip
* Blew out a bunch of AAA tow miles
...
Trust me
I am a trucking expert in this particular subject right now (will expand later)
SO
TO MY POINT
The only CURRENT solution to a dead EV is a Tow
I have proven, on multiple occasions, that this is NOT A SOLUTION
... Yesterday the Tow company (AAA - who failed Schindler Engineering MISERABLY) told me that they could not get me a tow at 2PM in the middle of the bay area. They told me to wait SIX HOURS until a truck was ready
6hrs
Right....
Schindler is going to wait 6hrs in Campbell until your local truck is ready.... since you shaved all your services down to the bone to maximize profits and ... now I am going to pay that price?
Anyway (pissed - I am going to light up AAA big time on this... but that will be later)
Anyway
What we are going to need for EV's is the following
* Truck, Van, or other heavy duty vehicle
* 100KWH of onboard lithium
* Means to trickle charge onboard lithium - so special alternator likely, otherwise onboard generator
* NO - WE WONT BE ABLE TO JUST SLOW CHARGE IT THE NIGHT BEFORE>>>>> WE ARE JUMPING EV's ALL DAY
On that note... Saw no less than 40 Tesla's on the road today. FU Oil and GAS!!!!
* Means to convert this 100KW onboard DC power to voltage match the vehicle which needs a jump.
* A jump shall be some nominal amount - 10KWh? ...
* A jump shall happen in no longer than it took to move my Prius out of the main drag in Campbell
* A jump shall not come in the form of J1772 (Obviously)
* A jump shall come in the form of CCS1, CHAdeMO, Tesla, and TBD-OTHER Possibly 480VAC
A jump will be a "common occurrence"
A jump will be no different than booking an Uber Ride
This service will not be offered by Uncle Sam, Uncle AAA, or Uncle Fester. This service will be offered by Amazon, Google, Uber, or the first pack of girls with the balls to do it.
You ... are... going to need to partner with a Charge Company
Do not waste your time trying to finger out all these charge protocols and all this shit... Super complicated.
ChargePoint is who I would partner with - only because I know they could do it in a snap. Guy named Scott, if presented a viable business plan, would slam you into shape
... Other company??? Fine
I have not worked for "other company" so I can not say if "Other company" can handle the job.
I can say that company named ChargePoint could handle the job - proof being that I hammered their ish for 2 years as a Sr Test Engineer and their ish works.
So...
The battery pack
Why a battery pack and not a huge generator?
Good question
...
(This post was for my website but I cant get the login up)
Problem Statement:
Hybrid and EV cars wont come out of gear in the event of system failure. With a standard transmission gasser you can throw it into neutral and get a car out of a tight spot. With an automatic they have an override, put er into neutral.
With something like a 1st Gen Prius... or an 04 Prius... or many of the EV's on the maket...
No dice
So (enter 4 pages here) Towing is NOT A SOLUTION to EV's which have run flat someplace where there is no charger.
(Jumping ahead)
...
I have towed 2pcs Prius
The first was a 1st gen, maybe 2nd gen.
It was stuck in a steep driveway in Washington
Good guy named Doug sent me on an exercise to get this vehicle off the property with nothing but a tow dolly.
L O L
T H A T is a story for another time
Kimberly and I got the vehicle off the property but it took us the better half of a day and we were sore and sunburnt
Fast forward....
Yesterday I left an 04 Prius in down town Campbell. Parked parallel to the street, other cars in front of and behind it. The Vehicle was "locked up" - fubar - plumes of white smoke had billowed from under the hood and the transmission (by my tries) would not go into Netural
... (2 pages) Turns out this is a real bitch for tow companies
Blah blah... you have to use slipper plates under the wheels... do a bunch of shit... as you cant go dragging a car on a single steel cable in a highly populated area. Causes too much ruckus, to much perceived risk etc. If the vehicle in front of your vehicle can not be moved... it is a real problem getting the car on the truck
I.E.
If you have an EV
And you are enjoying down town campbell
And your kid runs the battery flat sitting in the car with the AC blowing...
A
T O W
T R U C K
I S
N O T
Y O U R
S O L U T I O N
... A day and a half of Schindler Engineering time + an Uber Ride + 3 more trips over the hill prove this. In the past 24hrs ...
* Lost half a day ENG hours yesterday
* Lost half a day CPA hours + half a day ENG hrs today
* Paid an Uber trip
* Blew out a bunch of AAA tow miles
...
Trust me
I am a trucking expert in this particular subject right now (will expand later)
SO
TO MY POINT
The only CURRENT solution to a dead EV is a Tow
I have proven, on multiple occasions, that this is NOT A SOLUTION
... Yesterday the Tow company (AAA - who failed Schindler Engineering MISERABLY) told me that they could not get me a tow at 2PM in the middle of the bay area. They told me to wait SIX HOURS until a truck was ready
6hrs
Right....
Schindler is going to wait 6hrs in Campbell until your local truck is ready.... since you shaved all your services down to the bone to maximize profits and ... now I am going to pay that price?
Anyway (pissed - I am going to light up AAA big time on this... but that will be later)
Anyway
What we are going to need for EV's is the following
* Truck, Van, or other heavy duty vehicle
* 100KWH of onboard lithium
* Means to trickle charge onboard lithium - so special alternator likely, otherwise onboard generator
* NO - WE WONT BE ABLE TO JUST SLOW CHARGE IT THE NIGHT BEFORE>>>>> WE ARE JUMPING EV's ALL DAY
On that note... Saw no less than 40 Tesla's on the road today. FU Oil and GAS!!!!
* Means to convert this 100KW onboard DC power to voltage match the vehicle which needs a jump.
* A jump shall be some nominal amount - 10KWh? ...
* A jump shall happen in no longer than it took to move my Prius out of the main drag in Campbell
* A jump shall not come in the form of J1772 (Obviously)
* A jump shall come in the form of CCS1, CHAdeMO, Tesla, and TBD-OTHER Possibly 480VAC
A jump will be a "common occurrence"
A jump will be no different than booking an Uber Ride
This service will not be offered by Uncle Sam, Uncle AAA, or Uncle Fester. This service will be offered by Amazon, Google, Uber, or the first pack of girls with the balls to do it.
You ... are... going to need to partner with a Charge Company
Do not waste your time trying to finger out all these charge protocols and all this shit... Super complicated.
ChargePoint is who I would partner with - only because I know they could do it in a snap. Guy named Scott, if presented a viable business plan, would slam you into shape
... Other company??? Fine
I have not worked for "other company" so I can not say if "Other company" can handle the job.
I can say that company named ChargePoint could handle the job - proof being that I hammered their ish for 2 years as a Sr Test Engineer and their ish works.
So...
The battery pack
Why a battery pack and not a huge generator?
Good question
...