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On demand range extending service for electric vehicles (in common language: electric generator mounted on a trailer, and available for rental).
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1 April 2013
Breaking the glass ceiling
of electric vehicle range ! FEV[ER]= Full Electric Vehicle + add-on Extended Range
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* A range extender (typically ICE, or fuel cell)
* Mounted on a small trailer (200 kg, 1.3 m long)
* Attached to an electric vehicle (typically class A or B)
* Capable of easy manoeuvring in reverse mode
* 24/7 self service rental on motorways and city periphery for long distance trips
* A small luggage rack allows for additional payload
* Range > 600 km (and more with refueling)
* With EP Tender the EV can be the main car of most, not just the second car of a happy few
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*A range extension service for EV
*The range extender is rented:
* It is the least used part of a good EV
*Maintenance is provided by the rental network
*Technical progress upgrades can be implemented
*TCO is significantly reduced by sharing the resource
*Availability managed in real time
*The car itself, which is the most personal component and mostly used daily, remains owned individually
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Battery Electric Vehicle
Grid
(charging at home or office)
fuel or gas
(ICE generator)
Hydrogen
(fuel cell)
Short trip 98.5% of trips
75% of distances
Long trip 1.5% of trips
25% of distances
Efficient/green electricity
Progressive deployment of H2
infrastructure becomes viable !
Large fleet of affordable cars
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* Individual benefits: Range and cost
*Collective benefit: decarbonisation of transports
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*Carry over 35kw range extender
*OEM willing to perfect and standardize the all-in-one hitch and offer it as an option on their FEV
*Partners willing to develop a Tender rental network in the Americas
*Local authorities or fleets managers willing to make a pilot test
*Carry over fuel cell and H2 tank
*Trailer makers willing to license the reverse drive mechanism for light duty trailers or boat trailers
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*EP Tender may be the widely hoped for catalyst to boost
sales and public adoption of electric vehicles
*Deployment costs significantly less than the investments
required for fixed charging infrastructure.
*This service is fully in accordance with the sociological
evolution towards more shared resources
*While resolving in a pragmatic and efficient way the twin
constraint of range and cost of EVs
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Jean-Baptiste Segard
EP Tender SAS
3 rue Gustave Eiffel
78306 Poissy Cedex
France
+331 82 72 60 23
+336 09 36 09 26
