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Originally Posted by jamesqf
Buying a well-used small Honda, Toyota, or similar is going to cost you a heck of a lot less than trying to develop this sort of hybrid system. (As has been noted, you can't put that much power through a standard V-belt, for one.) If you really want ROI, drive the car all the time, except when you actually need to haul or tow something.
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Wouldn't necessarily be limited to a V belt. Cogged pulleys work well.
I'm also finding some rather inexpensive 10-15kw brushless motors from china that would be capable of sufficient duty cycle for what I'm intending to do with this.
A commuter car would have to bring a sunken cost of no more than $1000 and also get 40+mpg in order for me to break even on it before I am done commuting (I'm only commuting to this job location for 1 year). After that, the car would serve almost none of my purposes.