There is a nut job with a VW rabbit that he runs as electric, but has
an outboard rabbit front end set up as trailer running the diesel
motor. He uses it to power his electric car for normal travel, but
when it needs a boost, he engages the driveshaft and has it push his
car up hill or whatever he needs extra zoom.
I am thinking I saw someplace that Benz is making a diesel electric
car/truck for consumer use. Might be wrong and confusing them with
railroads
clay
On May 26, 2007, at 11:41 AM, Peter Frederick wrote:
I've wondered why there were no diesel hybrids, it seems to me very
obvious.
Hybrids are ONLY better in stop and go traffice, where the
regenerative
braking cancels out the fuel usage from acceleration. On the highway,
they get slightly worse milage than the equivalent non-hybrid. I've
gotten 32 mpg on the last two tanks of fuel in the 87 300D (due to the
new head gasket and better compression), usually get 29 if I have
to do
lots of in town driving. This is not that much worse than a hybrid.
One of my co-workers has a new Buick, the midsized one. She gets
30-32
on the highway and mid 20's in town, and believe me, that's no tiny
tin
can!
My brother's Jetta Diesel gets between 52 and 55 mpg on the highway
(5-speed), again easily beating a hybrid, even in town!
Peter
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