Vern, I believe you have things backwards.
My take is that hybrid cars have electric traction motors and the gas motor simply supplies electricity to the motors when needed. Diesel-electric railroad locomotives do not use batteries for propulsion. The diesel motor drives an alternator whose output is rectified into DC which is fed to the traction motors. I just sent a email to for confirmation, but I believe that the new solar cruiser does just like the hybrid cars, runs the diesel to supply electricity to run the propulsion electric motors when the battery power is not enough. Norm S/V Bandersnatch Lying Julington Creek 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > [Original Message] > From: Mung Bungholio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 7/26/2008 10:51:59 AM > Subject: Re: [Liveaboard] Solar powered boat Update > > This is pretty cool but it brings up a question that I have been wondering > about. > > Why is it that on something like this or even a car that they run an > internal combustion motor and electric motor instead of just straight > electric with a generator that runs the electric motor when the batteries > are low? This is how trains work why not everything that is a hybrid? In > this case there is already a generator on the boat so why even have the > diesel motors on it? Why not have the generator sized so that the electric > motors can run right off of it? > > Vern > s/v Nirvelli > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Norm of > Bandersnatch > Sent: Saturday, July 26, 2008 9:17 AM > To: A LiveAboardList > Subject: [Liveaboard] Solar powered boat Update > > > To those interested in a PV powed boat check out the Island Pilot DSe > Hybrid at www.dsehybrid.com > > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html _______________________________________________ Liveaboard mailing list [email protected] To adjust your membership settings over the web http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ To search the archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] The Mailman Users Guide can be found here http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html
