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Originally Posted by rmay635703
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Lest anyone accuse me of being a hotrodder or that MY head is the one in the clouds, much of my distaste for this is because it is %100 series, downsizing the engine doesn't change that.
That generator has a 10hp (7.46kw) engine on it to make 5kw electrical.
So if, for example, that engine were directly clutched to an appropriate sprocket and chain to a wheel, the same vehicle could cruise at like 160mpg all day vs 88.
assuming %85 motor/controller efficiency, which is generous, and the %67 mechanical->electrical conversion of the genset (given).
Clutch in a motor in parallel, do some more maths and research bro, I'm out.