2500 lbs seems a bit heavy. My old pickup truck only weighs in at 2,600 lbs, empty. With fiberglass and carbon fiber, it should be possible to make one that's closer to 1,500lbs or less including engine, everything. Wonder if it might be less weight to do a series electric drive system and get rid of the transmission entirely. A high frequency high efficiency generator would operate from a fixed RPM operation of the diesel engine, and a variable frequency drive would directly drive each wheel. No axles, driveshafts, differential, gearbox, etc. And the engine is still always operated at the highest kWh/grams point.
Z On 5/2/07, Jason& Katie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
i propose a new fuel economy goal. 100mpg @ 100mph! any design ideas? i'm thinking a 4cyl UHC diesel engine with at least 10 forward gears in a vehicle body weighing no more than 2500lbs. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.467 / Virus Database: 269.6.2/784 - Release Date: 5/1/2007 2:57 PM _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
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