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Old 04-14-2010, 08:22 PM   #17 (permalink)
RobertSmalls
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To put power down to the road evenly, I'd rather have two engines on the same shaft, with a clutch in between. Hmm, I wonder if you'd break the crankshaft on the primary engine that way.

Why have two gasoline engines, though? Make one of them an electric motor, and you'll have a PHEV.
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