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Originally Posted by ShadeTreeMech
If you had a portable genset capable of recharging the batteries after they've been discharged plus driving the electric motor, it would be so heavy and consume so much fuel you'd be better off attaching the engine to a transmission and losing the electric drive altogether.
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A dedicated ICE-generator that would only need to supply the average power drawn during a ride, would be a fraction of the displacement,size and weight of an ICE that must cope with peak performance because it's driving the wheels directly.