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ARC Microturbine 8kW generator for emergency battery back up or deep remote use?

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I have no problem understanding that it may be remote, but I'm not readily seeing how you access it or even where it is. The NPS site and video seemed to purposefully leave it out.
You seem to be assuming that the Cybertruck can't do it without augmentation, I'm trying to see if it is needed. Just because it is an 8 hour trip doesn't mean that the truck can't make it.

This is often where EVs can shine, going slower.
Oooo, this is such a fun topic. You can certainly find maps of the Maze district, like these maps from NPS. Approach from the west, from Hans Flat ranger station which isn't even in the park. Like I said, there are no buildings in the Maze District. Just rough Jeep trails that will use up energy from our batteries at a high rate when crawling over rocks.
https://www.nps.gov/cany/planyourvisit/maps.htm

EVs like the Cybertruck or Ramcharger will certainly shine on trips like into the Maze, which are generally longer than a week because of remoteness and slow going on the trails (and hiking on foot). People in gas Jeeps take jerry cans with extra fuel in order to be prepared for this remoteness. EVs like Cybertruck will provide nice luxuries, and power for Starlink for communications! I can't wait to take a Cybertruck or Ramcharger into the Maze, augmented with extra fuel.

Generators like these good ones will also be useful in mountain trips such as into the Uinta Mountains were there are over 1000 small natural lakes!

Best Regards, let's make videos and post here once we take our Cybertrucks into remote areas that may require good generators or ideally solar panel arrays on long camping trips. I sure hope there is a good way to connect solar arrays of varying sizes to charge the big battery in Cybertruck. For when we have lots of time, like in the Maze district of Canyonlands.
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