New vehicle technology could solve major EV concern without depending on bigger batteries — here's how it works

New vehicle technology could solve major EV concern without depending on bigger batteries — here's how it works

Two aspects of electric vehicles that stress people out are their range and the availability of chargers. How far will a battery go, and when can it be powered up again?  A new piece of hardware from auto supplier ZF Friedrichshafen could take the uncertainty out of each of those concerns for hybrid EVs, according to Autoblog.  It's called a range-extender, and it does exactly what it sounds like. Using a gas engine to power a generator, the ele…