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I guess I wasn't clear with my intentions. I don't want to build a hybrid. One battery, just to start the engine. I just want to use the generator in place of a conventional transmission since the small diesels available tend to be used in generator applications. Rather than just throwing the generator away or selling it, I figure why not use it? I really just want to see if I can build a car myself and power it with a small diesel engine; and the idea of using a generator as a transmission came when I was searching for small diesel engines and all the ones I was finding were coupled to generators.
Would the power loss when converting energy forms (mechanical kinetic to electricity) be greater than the kinds of losses seen in an automatic transmission?
Maybe a gas engine would actually be more efficient because of the weight advantage?
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