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I wouldn't say its miss leading.
We could adapt this new technology or reverse engineer it and put it on a 20 year old vehicle.
That paper actually puts numbers to a lot of alternator related things.
It also makes one heck of a case for doing an alt delete even if their savings numbers are only half correct.
They say "Increasing alternator efficiency can, and will, measurably reduce fuel costs". That is pretty big statement.
I was going to do a test to calculate efficiency of a belt, using electric motor, kill-a-watt meter and idler pulley. But I read it in there, the belt has an efficiency of around 98%. I was expecting to see at least a mid 90% number.
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1989 firebird mostly stock. Aside from the 6-speed manual trans, corvette gen 5 front brakes, 1LE drive shaft, 4th Gen disc brake fbody rear end.
2011 leaf SL, white, portable 240v CHAdeMO, trailer hitch, new batt as of 2014.
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