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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
Hi,
Here's the Mini hybrid with four 160HP electric motors, that I mentioned:
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The ICE charger weighs 1/10 as much as the original 4-cylinder engine. There is no transmission or drive train, and no conventional brakes. If the hub motors were ~40HP each, they would weigh even less and they would use less power, and so the mileage would likely be higher.
Don't forget that diesel/electric train locomotives are serial hybrids! The latest freight train claim is they can move a ton over 400 miles on a single gallon of diesel. |
That's a PML design, that will (sadly) probably never see market. Mini had nothing to do with the development of that car, in all honesty, other than producing the chassis.
I would love to have one, though, or even a Ford Aspire with a similar design. That would just be the bee's knees, would it not?
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