[Ryland]

I've read that home power artical a few times about the guy with the VW electric rabbit and the Diesel pusher trailer for it, and it got me thinking about how he has it set up with an automatic tranny to simplify the controles, but that really, he could have it basicly locked in to 5th gear, and while running around at low speeds have the clutch disengauged, hit 45mph and you pop the clutch, starting the engine and giving you a push to extend your range, you could even have electronic controls with a manual overide, and this idea could be used for both electric, and gas vehicles, hit highway speeds and kill your normal gas engine switching to your properly geared simple efficent drive train that is fitted in a trailer that you leave at home for short trips.