Until a cost effective, light weight battery is created, this type of hybrid
sure seems the way to go. The infastructure (gas stations) are there for the
power source.
I have the powertrain from a Jet Electrica 007
http://www.davisengineering.net/Jet.html .It got it when gas was $4.59 here
in So. Cal.. The project killer is the $2,000 + for lead acid batteries
with a life expectancy of 2 years. I got the motor, controller, battery
box, in car charger and accessories for $105 from Pick A Part. The body
shell to put it all in (Earlier Omni/Horizon or VW Rabbit - both used the
same trans) maybe $500-$1,000. But at this point $3.00 gas in my Mazda 323
is still the better deal - at least for the time being.
Not quite the Lotus design here, but I had thought about a trailer hitch
mounted gas engine with an alternator array for extended range.
"Living on the cutting edge of obsolescence," Tom
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