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I had thought of the same type of project often. My idea was to connect the motor to the trans but power it only on acceleration any thing under say 1000 RPM or maybe 1500 RPM. Because the Electric Motor has full Torque from the get go. The optimum gas engine power is rated at X-RPM. So the trick would be to coordinate engine power on after the Electric Motor breaks the inertia where most of the fuel consumption occurs then cut the Electric motor Power off at that whatever RPM. I was thinking of using the biggest AC type electric engage disengage clutch so not to have to worry about the motor at higher RPM's. I currently have an old neon I'm considering using for my experiment.
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