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That's also how hybrid supercars and the current batch of Formula 1 cars work. For nearly a decade now, F1 cars have been turbocharged engines running electric
by redwall_hp 5y ago
That's also how hybrid supercars and the current batch of Formula 1 cars work. For nearly a decade now, F1 cars have been turbocharged engines running electric motors, putting down something like 800-1000hp in the process and running an entire race on one small tank of fuel. I think they're down to 1.6L V6 now.
The Chevrolet Volt used a similar principle as well, as opposed to the Prius and its more complicated mechanical duel-drive train.
- manigandham 5y agoThat's incorrect. F1 cars are primarily driven by their piston engines. They have a real transmission that drives the wheels from the driveshaft. Electric motors assist with power delivery from energy captured from kinetic motion, heat and exhaust pressure. This is different from pure electric drivetrains like diesel-electric locomotives where the fuel is only used to generate electricity and all of the propulsion is by electric motors.
- nradov 5y agoThe Chevrolet Volt has a direct mechanical coupling from the internal combustion engine to the transmission for efficiency. If doesn't really operate as a series hybrid much of the time.