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Much older than that was the Chrysler Turbine car: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car This wa
by tomswartz07 12y ago
Much older than that was the Chrysler Turbine car:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysler_Turbine_Car
This was quite literally a lower power jet aeroplane turbine used to power the car.
I would imagine that this would have been great on fuel economy on the highway, but terrible in cities.
- arethuza 12y agoThat seems to have used a "conventional" mechanical transmission rather than using the turbine to generate electricity to feed the electric motors. Still pretty cool though!
- MBCook 12y agoIf you're interested there is a very good book called Chrysler's Turbine Car: The Rise and Fall of Detroit's Coolest Creation. http://www.amazon.com/Chryslers-Turbine-Car-Detroits-Creation/dp/1613743459 http://www.amazon.com/Chryslers-Turbine-Car-Detroits-Creatio...
- mpweiher 12y ago>great fuel economy on the highway Small turbines generally have terrible fuel economy. The Wikipedia page you quote says "...fuel consumption was excessive"