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Old 04-20-2013, 07:48 PM   #55 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GreenHornet View Post
Hey CR,

Yes that I think would be the best of both worlds to design it in the way the Volt is laid out. You need to electronically controlled clutches to achieve it and its most definitely possible however those clutches are not cheap and you would still need two electric motors so cost and complexity is much more but you would end up with a pretty sweet setup in the end.
I was considering a different setup for the clutch, connecting its actuator to the accelerator pedal, so when you would accelerate it would automatically release the clutch progressively. But I would also consider some manually-activated safety lock preventing the clutch to be released under certain circumstances.
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