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laserwizard @ Nov 21st 2006 3:46PM
I've long been an advocate of the diesel hybrid for the very reasons you mentioned. I'd actually do this one step better having the car completely electric with only a small diesel engine being used to provide fast-on-the-fly recharge to give an electric car the distance of a fossil fuel car but with the four wheel drive of motor/hub electric without having the need for driveshafts/half-shafts. A small diesel engine designed to operate at the rpm range that is most efficient for a diesel would seem to be the best of both worlds - and - a diesel could be used in biodiesel functionality a further benefit given the setup of the system.
ebb @ Oct 15th 2007 10:57AM
true, and if you add a particle filter you have the best workable technology of the next 20 years (or more...)