Genset Trailer

October 2nd, 2007 by Shenron

This is most commonly referred to as a range extending device for the use with battery electric vehicles. The Genset trailer consists of an internal combustion engine and an electrical generator. They run on traditional fuels such as gasoline or diesel and are sized to provide the continuous power requirements for the vehicle they are about to be associated with. Most small to mid-sized passenger vehicles would require about 15 to 20 kW for unlimited freeway travel as long as fuel were available. The larger-sized vehicles could require approximately 30 kW or more of power. It all depends on how heavy and/or un-aerodynamic they happen to be at that certain point in time.

One such trailer is the AC propulsion. It is a backtracking Long ranger range extending gas fueld trailer, making it a gas-electric series plug-in hybrid electric vehicle. This trailer uses a 500 cc Kawasaki engine with a 9.5 gallon fuel tank and achieved 30 to 35 mpg. It’s rated at 20 kW DC output and can maintain up to 60 to 80 mph. The AC Propulsion company is situated in San Dimas, California and was founded in 1992 by Alan Cocconi. This company produces the Genset trailer, in which was a prototype gasoline-powered motorcycle-engine-base to extend an Evs range. In the process of testing this certain device, they had discovered that emissions for a gasoline engine optimized to run at a constant RPM were far below those of conventional vehicles. An under-trailer genset that is easily detachable and has the capacity to refrigerate three containers at one time has been released after field trails involving nine units. The development of the UTD genset trailer was initiated by Cummins Swan Hill in Victoria after consultation with a number of road transport operators.

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