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| User Info | What *IS* This Nonsense? (Electric Cars); entered at 2011-05-17 00:28:41 | |||
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Ducarius Posts: 314 Registered: 2010-08-25 
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How about a tri-hybrid. Diesel electric base operating system with battery storage for converting breaking/idling energy back to usable energy. Then slap a small steam generator on top of the diesel engine to convert waste heat into electricity. You could even throw a couple solar panels on top for Greeny wetdreams. It would be a horribly bulky system, but you would be much more fuel efficient. I wonder how much of fuel efficiency is related to aerodynamics. These big square faced vehicles have to be wasting a ton of energy overcoming air resistance. It always seemed to me the best mode of transportation would be something like the Messerschmitt KR200, only sleaker, and give it a steel cage so a driver has racecar like survivability. Watching hundreds of 2 ton trucks driving down the interstate with only one person inside just seems so wasteful to me and it's all predicated on the belief that SUVs are safer in accidents. 2011-05-17 00:28:41
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