The Outlander PHEV is my secret base!!

Frankly, electric cars (including hybrid cars) are large-capacity mobile batteries with wheels. Moreover, the built-in battery uses the same lithium-ion battery as the mobile battery (nickel-metal hydride batteries in some cars). The only difference is that it doesn't have a USB connector and has a super large capacity.

The battery capacity of the Outlander PHEV is 12 kWh, which is about 3,243,000 mAh (12,000 Wh ÷ 3.7 V x 1,000) in the same mAh notation as the mobile battery. It's too big to imagine, so if you convert it to an iPhone (5.45Wh), it's about 2,200 batteries. So what is it? The capacity is enough for 5 or 6 years without worrying about running out of battery even if you watch Youtube.

The Outlander PHEV equipped with a large-capacity battery is attractive as an emergency power source. Its uses are endless. DC/AC converters of this kind have a small output and can be used to watch LCD TVs. By the way, this product has an output of 280W and outlets are installed in the trunk and center console (rear seat side). The combined output of the two is a maximum of 1,500W

Now, plug-in hybrids and pure electric vehicles can use the car's battery as an emergency power source for home if it can be connected to a V2H (vehicle-to-home) compatible charger/discharger. . However, this charger is expensive, and requires construction of a switchboard, which is quite large-scale. Even a DC/AC converter that you can buy for 10,000 yen or 20,000 yen can take out 100V from a cigar socket, but the power that can be supplied is different.

However, with the Outlander PHEV, all you have to do is connect your home appliances to the outlets in your car! Moreover, the power that can be extracted is 1,500 W, which is about the same as a single wall outlet! No expensive equipment or construction is required, You can barely watch TV with a DC/AC converter.

What's more, when the battery level reaches zero, the engine starts and you can charge it. If you manage your electricity well, a full tank of gasoline will be an emergency power source for about 10 days. Great!

Furthermore, the Outlander PHEV's power outlets are about the same quality of electricity as a home wall outlet. This is important! With a cheap DC/AC converter, it's a pseudo 100V that doesn't even look like a home outlet.

I just saw the electricity of the wall outlet with an oscilloscope. Outlander PHEV electricity with beautiful waves drawn. There are some distortions here and there, but the electricity of the clean wave DC/AC converter near the outlet. Because the waveforms are so unlike each other, there are many home appliances that do not work.

Although more than half of the home appliances work, some of them behave strangely, make strange noises, or do not work at all. Equipment that cannot be used with a pseudo 100V DC/AC converter is generally something like this.

・Fan: Noise from the motor ・Refrigerator: Noise from the compressor motor ・Microwave: Insufficient output

This is just an example, there are others, and some work just fine. However, in general, it is said that the pseudo 100V of DC/AC converters often do not work well with motor-based home appliances.

Conversely, the outlet of the Outlander PHEV is almost the same as a single household wall outlet, and as long as the total power consumption is within 1,500W, it can be used with any home appliance. is. Moreover, it is possible to generate electricity just by starting the engine, so even if a large-scale power outage occurs, as long as gasoline does not run out, we can live without worrying about electricity.

It's not an article about cars at all, but it's okay!?