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Old 04-20-2016, 11:36 AM   #43 (permalink)
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I now understand why my advocacy for my own design which actually offers a "bazillion" ratios, on a molecular basis, falls on deaf ears in this forum...

Kind of sad to realize my personal failure where my efforts fall on deaf ears. A lot of time and energy wasted here.
I don't think it falls on deaf ears so much as I don't have any expertise with hydraulic hybrids, and have seen no examples of one.

I'd get very excited and rave about it if there was a working example, in a real car, with verifiable results.

I love the idea, but manufacturers aren't utilizing the technology, and there has got to be a variety of reasons that makes it a poor solution for the majority of drivers.
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