2001 BEV RXT-G
Battery Electric Vehicle
Range Extending Trailer - Generator
LongRanger -- GenSet
Range Extending Trailer - Generator
LongRanger -- GenSet
| Toyota Motor Corporation - Prototype |
Stock configuration 42 MPG cross country series hybrid drive
| Vehicle Description -- pictures below -- |
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| --- TMC Prototype Pictures below --- |
An early photo of the
TMC prototype under
testing in CA.
TMC prototype under
testing in CA.
c2009 photos from the
Beata Electric Motor
Carrage Collection.
Lights detailing yet to
be completed.
Beata Electric Motor
Carrage Collection.
Lights detailing yet to
be completed.
ACP tzero & long
ranger I. Note the
extra cooling fan on
the top/rear of the
shroud.
ranger I. Note the
extra cooling fan on
the top/rear of the
shroud.
Trailer II, currently in
Germany.
Germany.
| P i c t u r e s b e l o w . . . |
| RXT-G stands for Range Extending Trailer - Generator and has also been referred to as the Long Ranger. This unit converts a BEV to a series hybrid for long distance & cross country travel. The history of the RXT-G includes four prototypes built between 1995 & 2001 for various applications. To the best of our knowledge the first concept prototype carried a smaller 250cc engine rather then the later 500cc 4 valve configuration. There are three known examples; one on the yellow tzero pictured below, another one the tzero pictured in red (and is currently owned by a private party in Germany), the last is the TMC prototype for the Rav4-EV pictured below in white (and is the example held in our collection). Due to teh BEVs "electric first" design, series hybrids are capable of greater fuel economy when compared to standard OEM parallel hybrid drives; which, by definition, rely on "ICE first" with an electric boost to ICE operations. We believe BEV series hybrids are the next logical step to much greater fuel economy. |