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m @ Feb 23rd 2008 10:06AM
No benefit to a series hybrid? What in the world are you talking about. Just plain wrong. Unless you really thought someone would build a series hybrid without a battery. That of course would be a terrible idea, but that's not the only kind of series electric hybrid.
And hub motors? Come on people... Can you say unsprung weight? I'm all for purpose built, but let's remember that real world cars that people will buy are compromises. Let's also keep in mind the quality of many of the roads we drive on. I already fear for my wheels and tires at times. I don't want to worry about my drive motors bouncing through those potholes too. I wonder what the 4 inch deep piles of salt I drive through in central Illinois would do to my motor...