Yup - I've had similar thoughts. It seems the devil is in the controllers. I've also thought that you could glue hard drive magnets to the inside of alloy rims - and make them the motors. Might have to wind a lot of coils, and figure out how to make it start going in the direction you intended it to ---
On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 5:11 PM, Mitch Haley <m...@voyager.net> wrote: > Gerry Archer wrote: > >> Volkswagen's amazing 300mpg-plus XL1 two-seater diesel/electric hybrid is >> a supercar where mpg matters more than mph. >> >> >> I want one. >> > > I'd like to make get a kit car replica of something old but reasonably > aerodynamic, like a Miura or GT40. Or maybe I'll buy the next $1500 Bradley > GT I see. Put a brushless motor at each wheel, and power it with a 15-20hp > lawnmower diesel running a generator, and enough battery or capacitor to > give you at least 100 usable horsepower-minutes of storage. > Should hit 125 mpg as easily as a two seat Honda Insight gets 80 mpg. > > Mitch. -- > OK Don 2001 ML320 1992 300D 2.5T 1990 300D 2.5T 1997 Plymouth Grand Voyager _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
