[biofuel] Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2003-10-21 Thread murdoch
>http://www.oshkoshtruck.com/defense/technology%7Eoverview.cfm > >Here is a heavy truck application of an HEV system. What interested me about >this was the use of 'ultracapacitors' instead of batteries for energy >storage. There has been discussion in the past on this list of the problems >ass

Re: [biofuel] Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2003-10-21 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Derek, how goes? Thanks for the links. >I've been looking about the Internet at the new HEVs and have come across >these sites, which I don't recall being mentioned recently on this list. I >felt they make an interesting read. > >http://www.microturbine.com/caseStudies/hevCase1.asp > >Use of

[biofuel] Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2003-10-20 Thread desertstallion
I've been looking about the Internet at the new HEVs and have come across these sites, which I don't recall being mentioned recently on this list. I felt they make an interesting read. http://www.microturbine.com/caseStudies/hevCase1.asp Use of a microturbine for buses in an HEV application. B

[biofuel] Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2002-04-26 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
Wow! Ford is going to revive the Atkinsson cycle! This I gotta see, because I have no idea how to build a high-speed engine embodying that cycle. Makes good sense thermodynamically, because compression and expansion ratios can be different. Marc de Piolenc -- Remember September 11, 2001 but don'

[biofuel] Hybrid Electric Vehicles

2002-04-25 Thread MH
Here's a little something about present and future USA HEV offerings at a US Public Radio program - www.CarTalk.com "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Hybrids" http://cartalk.cars.com/info/hybrid/ > What's Available? > Ford Escape 4 cylinder engine intended for their SUV Escape.