Portable range extender -- dream accessory

[Pops]

The highest efficiency panels you can get are about 224 W/m^2, and you have about 12 m^2, there, so the most you can get (nominal) is about 2.7 kW, and you'll be lucky to get 20% of that averaged over each 24-hr period with full sun in the daytime, so enough to charge the CT in about 10 perfect days. Could be worth it if camped for long periods where you need only occasional use, but sure seems expensive for such a limited use case.

You said 2.7kw, I said 3-6kw. The difference is I'm thinking I'm 3 dimensions.

The use case is my wife and I are going to live full-time in this RV towed by the Cybertruck. As long as we stay at each location for one week or two our external charging will be minimal and will have all the energy we need for the appliances inside. We will still supercharge when we have large distances between destinations. We did the RV life for 2 years during COVID and we miss it.

Is full-time RV life with an EV practical? No, but that's part of the adventure.

Is this the most economical way to camp? No, but anyone who has a Cybertruck right now is not fiscally conservative. Otherwise we would have bought a 10 year old used truck.

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[DrPhyzx]

You said 2.7kw, I said 3-6kw. The difference is I'm thinking I'm 3 dimensions.

The use case is my wife and I are going to live full-time in this RV towed by the Cybertruck. As long as we stay at each location for one week or two our external charging will be minimal and will have all the energy we need for the appliances inside. We will still supercharge when we have large distances between destinations. We did the RV life for 2 years during COVID and we miss it.

Is full-time RV life with an EV practical? No, but that's part of the adventure.

Is this the most economical way to camp? No, but anyone who has a Cybertruck right now is not fiscally conservative. Otherwise we would have bought a 10 year old used truck.

I was simply going by the image you posted, which had dimensions that didn't support your numbers. 'nuff said.

 

[Pops]

I was simply going by the image you posted, which had dimensions that didn't support your numbers. 'nuff said.

Well even flat, I still think your calculation is incorrect. The surface area of a 24' cargo trailer is 18.95m2, you said it was only 12 m^2. They are 24' long, 8.5 feet wide, without even counting the triangle in the front.

With 1 layer of 450w panels I could fit 8, or 3600w. With 3 layers I could fit 3 times that, 10,800w. But I wont be doing that.

 

[Woodrick]

I've got a plan for auto-deploy and retract for the following configuration:

It should fit in the semi-tractor that I'm pulling with the Cybertruck.

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