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Old 10-14-2013, 08:55 PM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
The Porsche example suggests it's a reversion. I read once why it fell out of favor, but I don't remember where or why.
At the time, the electric motors were large and heavy and not that efficient. And batteries were incredibly massive and also not very efficient. I remember reading recently that the Porsche-Lohner "Mixte" weighed in at something like four or five tons?

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