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Old 12-20-2013, 01:46 PM   #2 (permalink)
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The main issue that I see is that to push a family car down the road requires around 13kw delivered to the wheels. That's without a trailer, measured in mechanical power. Towing a trailer and allowing for conversion inefficiencies and you are probably talking 18kw. There's plenty of lightweight engines that can make that with decent efficiency, but where do you get a generator head that can take that kind of load? I mean assuming your battery is 200v, that's a cool 900 amps...
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