[RFI] Wireless Power Transfer with electric vehicles

[MICHAEL ST ANGELO]

Jim,

Glad you're having success with electric and hybrid vehicles. Have you installed an inverter in the Prius to provide electricity for critical appliances such during a blackout? It know of two people who have done that. One installed a large inverter to the traction battery. Another friend installed a small inverter to the 12 volt "hotel" battery.

Mike N2MS

> On 04/11/2021 8:11 PM Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com> wrote:
> 
>  
> You may need to get your news from better sources, like Wall Street 
> Journal, NY Times, Wash Post. The current administration's 
> infrastructure plans call for significantly beefing up generation 
> capacity and well as distribution. Just as current capacity is quite 
> sufficient for the current number of EVs, as more are sold, so will 
> there be more power.
> 
> I'll be 80 in the fall; we bought a Tesla Model 3 as our contribution to 
> leaving our planet for our grandchildren. It IS much more economical to 
> run and maintain over the long term, but it's unlikely we'll be able to 
> drive it long enough for it to pay US back. We love the car -- it's 
> quite well engineered. Several neighboring hams, including N6TV, W6JTI, 
> W0YK, W3AB, and W6GJB drive an EV -- mostly Tesla, but also Chevy Bolt. 
> All are made in the USA, and all of us are quite happy with them. They 
> have STRONG acceleration, handle well, and are a pleasure to drive.
> 
> My wife is also quite happy with the Prius she bought about six years 
> ago. Meanwhile, my big Toyota 2006 SUV, bought new in 2005, sits in our 
> driveway, with about 210,000 miles on it, not having moved in nearly a 
> year. We're keeping for hauling stuff too big for the cars we drive 
> every day. I loved it for all of the 15 years it was my primary vehicle, 
> but it drinks three times as much gas as the Prius.
> 
> 73, Jim K9YC