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Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard
What is Ben Nelson's latest project car -- isn't it an EV with a very efficient electric drive train, with an efficient electric generator as a range extender? Isn't it a series hybrid? What if it didn't have any batteries -- why wouldn't it still be a series hybrid?
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Haven't seen that, but I'm assuming it's a Volt-like hybrid? If so, and you take the batteries out, you've turned it into a non-nybrid. In fact, the automotive equivalent of the diesel-electric locomotive, where the electrics are just replacing the transmission.