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Originally Posted by Ecky
If the motors were wound differently, they could operate at higher RPM, but would lose torque down low. You could also increase the system voltage to get it to work at higher speeds.
Most alternators are horribly inefficient. Better would be to use the hub motors to generate electricity and delete the alternator. Any motor can also be a generator.
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Well, I need to work with what is possible and easy to modify versus trying to pay a custom shop to build me something entirely brand new!
This kit would open the doors into a new possibility with my car. Actually I stand corrected, 200 ft pounds of torque per wheel gives it a much more impressive 400 ft pounds of torque! Pairing this with the gasoline motor would make it really fun to drive, if the system could operate in tandem with the gasoline motor
AND receive it's recharge during operation. The only way I see this working is by using a high-output alternator if that would be enough! I don't know if brake recharging would be possible when you have this system on your car.