I think I watched a video about this before. He had to set up the system as a serial hybrid (the stirling generates power but doesn't directly drive the wheels) because of the warm-up time for the stirling. Great idea with lots of potential in my opinion. A stirling is far more efficient and would have a much wider range of operating fuels available. Plus you would have the regenerative braking of the electric.
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