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Old 03-10-2018, 11:07 PM   #47 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by freebeard View Post
That was reducto ad absurdum.

You'd have to increase the output of the road engine to balance the power generated plus the drivetrain losses and the electrical losses.
Who knows. Maybe there's a more practical way of doing something like that. After all it was a dream car.
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