ah. that's ingenious. But why in the road coupled version do you
need an extra generator?
You don't, read the thing more carefully. The series system
is not road-coupled.
-- Jim
Christopher McCann wrote:
Does anyone recall from the article - was it a parallel hybrid (like prius) or
a series hybrid like a locomotive (SIMPLE!).
I'm curious, too. There *are* simple ways to create parallel hybrids --
for example, a road-coupled hybrid where you have the electric motor
ah. that's ingenious. But why in the road coupled version do you need an
extra generator? You have one engine which powers, say the front wheels
conventionally and it also turns a generator which powers an electric motor
which drives the rear wheels at a certain point, the conventional
Christopher McCann wrote:
ah. that's ingenious. But why in the road coupled version do you need an
extra generator? You have one engine which powers, say the front wheels conventionally
and it also turns a generator which powers an electric motor which drives the rear
wheels at a certain