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AD5OS · 01-15-2008, 10:27 PM

well this is a good question. We plan on using a totally electric system. However instead of conventional batteries we plan on using super capacitors... here is a wikipedia link for anyone who wants to know what a super capacitor is.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supercapacitor

Here is another link to a similar power train

http://www.killacycle.com/about/

These are the types of technologies that we will be utilizing... except modified and tweaked for increased efficiency.

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