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I still haven't had a chance to try building anything yet, but I was thinking about how at least the newest Prius is a beltless car, there is no belt driven alternator or water pump or even A/C, it's all electric, running off the drive battery pack with a DC/DC converter to get the 12v power for lights, why not do that same thing with a plug in like this? pull the alternator all together (10% mpg gains, right?) my other thoughts on keeping the throttle simple would be to have the electric motor match the throttle of the gas engine then have a trim knob on the dash that gives more or less boost with an EV button or thumb throttle for when you have your foot off the gas (fuel cuts off) and want to cruise along a flat road at say 25mph in 5th gear, not using any gas.
If I can get a golf cart motor to work then I might try to build this this summer, I just have a lot of other projects going on that I need to take care of first.
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