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Originally Posted by jray3
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another period of dormancy as Ben plays with his latest sparkly object,
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Well, yes, but also due to my lack of skills and budget.
I'm happy to weigh in on any ideas. The problem with DIY hybrids is that they are more complicated than a dedicated single-fuel vehicle.
A simple way to do it is with a range-extender concept. Take an electric car and add a generator or something crazy like a pusher trailer. Running my electric converted Geo Metro as a Hybrid with an LP generator in the trunk actually worked relatively well, but it look up all the cargo space, was noisy (compared to an electric car) and had a few other limitations. That's part of what lead to the idea of a hybrid pickup truck is that it would be built as a dedicated hybrid in the first place.