On 30 Jun 2025 at 18:08, t ray via EV wrote: > Mother Earth News magazine reviewed and sold plans for a DIY hybrid.
I remember that. IIRC it used a mil-surplus aircraft generator for the motor. Quite a few hobbyist EV conversions of that era used them. > a generator powered by a FIVE HP lawnmower engine I'm skeptical that such a small engine could keep up with power use on the highway. Around town it would probably do OK. Consider the tiny King Midget. It weighed only 300kg, but needed a 12hp Kohler engine to reach a top speed of 50mph (80 km/h). The big problem with either car was that those one-lung engines with air cooling and simple carburetors were filthy gross polluters. > There was regenerative braking, when few people knew what that was. You got that free with an aircraft generator and a simple contactor controller. > The Opel GT body somewhat resembled a smaller Mako Shark 1965 Corvette > coupe, so it was a good choice for the aerodynamics. Back in the early 1970s, my neighbor had one of these, with the original gasoline engine. I'm pretty sure that under that handsome skin - which I remember as more resembling a 1968 Corvette - they were pretty much just Opel Kadetts. That made them light and efficient though. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = I don't need angels and unicorns. I've got the duckbill platypus. -- Ricky Gervaise = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to [email protected] No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
