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Originally Posted by cRiPpLe_rOoStEr
The only possibility I see for the regular belt-driven alternator to remain widespread in a next generation of vehicles is some integration of it into some sort of KERS, e-Assist, i-Eloop, EfficientDynamic, whatever you may name it. Among the high pressure for an increase in the overall efficiency, including the widespread of start-stop reaching even in the Diesels, one can easily predict that some hybrid-like feature will be present in all the newly-developed cars in about 10 years.
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Belt drive is IMO still useful, but in the future it will be just for A/C (electric A/C requires a huge amount of power which is difficult to supply), and the alternator, which hopefully will have evolved into a motor-generator unit. There's no reason why the alternator should be dead weight under acceleration when it can provide extra power.