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AFAIK we're still not doing it right. The best way is to make the electric motor the main motor, and having the gasoline engine be small and tuned to run at a
by Wingman4l7 13y ago
AFAIK we're still not doing it right. The best way is to make the electric motor the main motor, and having the gasoline engine be small and tuned to run at a consistent peak efficiency RPM, and only used to charge the batteries. This was figured out in 1979! http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-transportation/electric-car-conversion-zmaz79jazraw.aspx http://www.motherearthnews.com/green-transportation/electric... (see the diagram in the fourth image).
- Gonzih 13y agoYes, that is exactly what I meant. There are already some cars that do it almost properly. http://www.fiskerautomotive.com/ http://www.fiskerautomotive.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Mobile https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yo-Mobile Btw Yo-Mobile is interesting since they are using rotary engine to do power generation.
- stonemetal 13y agoThanks for the fisker link. I saw one on the road the other day but forgot to look it up later. They are as pretty as Teslas.