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Old 06-23-2008, 07:43 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Johnny Mullet View Post
Chrysler did this in 1963

Se the Wiki page here.....................
Chrysler Turbine
You beat me to it-- I was going to link to the Allpar page about it.

Basically, Chrysler only killed the Turbine program because the Federal bailout that spawned the K-car specified that it was too risky. Conspiracy theories about this abound.

Still, a turbine to power a generator in a series-hybrid isn't a totally insane idea.

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That thing was all the net rage in 11/07. I thought it was supposed to be done by now. Haven't heard a peep, and the last time I did a search it turned up nothing new. No surprise there.

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