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Originally Posted by 88FieroGT
But my ideas are besides reliability , simplicity , practicality , cost , weight , space.
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Hi 88FieroGT,
What you are describing could be called an electric transmission. As long as you are willing to take a hit on efficiency this is quite possible. I agree with dcb, a dual motor design would probably be easiest. There would be no problem with having the engine directly power a generator which is wired to the traction motors without a controller. At idle the generator would only be making enough power the make the motors creep anyway, like an automatic trans. All you'd need is a way to switch the wiring between forward, neutral and reverse.
-mort