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Originally Posted by EuroBalt
today while at school i got to thinking of how to charge an electric car without the use of gas. what if you where to take the air that normaly cools the engine and have it forced into what would be like a turbo that spools turning the generator to charge that batteries. tho i dont think this would work to well at city speeds but what do you guys think?
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Actually electric cars don't get charged with gas or have engines in the first place, making the question moot.
Now, what if we had the prop alternator only activate when we hit the brakes? Oh yeah, regen braking has already been developed...