{"id":5309,"date":"2025-05-20T01:11:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T01:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/?p=5309"},"modified":"2025-05-20T11:56:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T11:56:40","slug":"tesla-owner-hacks-model-y-to-charge-on-gas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/05\/20\/tesla-owner-hacks-model-y-to-charge-on-gas\/","title":{"rendered":"Tesla Owner Hacks Model Y To Charge On Gas"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" style=\"margin-bottom: 15px\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/autofusiontech.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/gt45g4-1024x576-1.jpg\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-5 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<ul>\n<li>Video from China shows a Tesla Model Y modified to be a hybrid.<\/li>\n<li>A gasoline generator fed the SUV\u2019s battery pack in emergencies.<\/li>\n<li>The owner wanted range security while travelling to Mount Everest.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Even today, when most populated areas of the US and Europe provide access to at least some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/electric-vehicles\/\">EV<\/a> charging points, it\u2019s all too easy to succumb to the panic of range anxiety when the remaining charge indicator lights up red. Now imagine you\u2019re trying to explore rural Asia and you\u2019ll understand why one EV owner came up with an unusual method of keeping range anxiety at bay.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"><\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;0f7e3106-c4d6-4db4-8135-c508879a76f8&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;82503191-e1d1-435a-874f-9c78a2a54a2f&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2025\/05\/did-tesla-just-killed-off-the-cybertrucks-range-extender-battery\/\">Cybertruck\u2019s $16K Range Booster Is Dead And Tesla Isn\u2019t Saying Why<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chinese Tesla owner, who wanted to visit the Mount Everest viewing platform in Lazi County before road-tripping through uninhabited areas of Tibet, decided to turn his fully-electric <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/tesla-model-y\/\">Model Y<\/a> into a kind of range-extender hybrid.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Gasoline-Powered Back-Up Plan<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails-organic\"><\/div>\n<p>To do it he mounted a gasoline generator to the rear of his SUV, complete with its own license plate to stay within the bounds of the law. The idea wasn\u2019t to rely solely on the ICE power station and to avoid real static EV charging stations, but to help keep the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/tag\/tesla\/\">Tesla<\/a> going in remote areas where those chargers were few and far between.<\/p>\n<p>While hardly capable of cranking out DC fast charging levels of power, the owner found it was still able to produce 3 kW even at the 17,400 ft (5,300 m) of the Everest viewing platform. That was enough to add 12 miles (19 km) of range per hour, though as <em>Car News China<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/carnewschina.com\/2025\/05\/19\/a-tesla-owner-modified-his-car-into-an-extended-range-version\/\">points out<\/a>, it\u2019s not a true range extender because it can\u2019t charge the Model Y on the move,<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tesla-range-extender-China-00006.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image-block\"> <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\">\n<p>                    <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" src=\"\" alt=\" Tesla Owner Hacks Model Y To Charge On Gas\" width=\"2400\" height=\"1602\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Tesla-range-extender-China-00006-1024x684.jpg\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><figcaption>image: Xiaomo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>        <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>The owner, who\u2019s known as @Xiaomo, reportedly paid \u00a52,800 ($390) for the generator, which swallowed around 22 US cents\u2019 worth of gas for every mile (1.6 km) covered. That makes running on gas more expensive than running on electricity piped in from a cheap mains supply in China, but it\u2019s certainly preferable to finding yourself stranded in the middle of nowhere with a dead EV.<\/p>\n<p>Tesla doesn\u2019t seem interested in offering range extenders for its cars, but we\u2019ve come across plenty more owners who\u2019ve had the same idea, including one who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.carscoops.com\/2023\/06\/turbo-diesel-hybrid-tesla-could-go-as-many-1600-miles-per-charge-only-returns-35-mpg\/\">added a turbo-diesel engine<\/a> to the trunk of his Model S.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad-placement\">\n<div id=\"9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<div id=\"bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c\" class=\"_ap_apex_ad\"> <\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\tvar adpushup = window.adpushup  = window.adpushup || {que:[]};<br \/>\n\t\t\t\tadpushup.que.push(function() {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tif (adpushup.config.platform !== &#8220;DESKTOP&#8221;){<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;bb7964e9-07de-4b06-a83e-ead35079d53c&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t} else {<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tadpushup.triggerAd(&#8220;9b1169d9-7a89-4971-a77f-1397f7588751&#8221;);<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t}<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t});<\/p><\/div>\n<section class=\"type:slideshow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"lazy \" data-src=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"\" data-type=\"inarticle-image\" \/><\/section>\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Images: @Xiaomo<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video from China shows a Tesla Model Y modified to be a hybrid. 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