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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by sliken on Thursday March 30, 2023 @01:43AM (#35368554)
Except no cars do that. That's called a serial hybrid, which never shipped, unless you count oddballs like the BMW i3, with the optional "range extender".
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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by r00fus on Thursday March 30, 2023 @11:53AM (#35374692)
GM Volt is a series hybrid. Arguably the best hybrid ever made.
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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by adgjlsfhk1 on Thursday March 30, 2023 @03:41PM (#35377851)
The Prius prime already gets about half way there.
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Re:The EV Transition Is Harder Than Anyone Thinks by sliken on Thursday March 30, 2023 @04:04PM (#35378140)
I read a review of a prototype BMW mini. The turbine (fixed RPM) + batteries seemed like a great combination. Plenty of HP for highway cruising, plenty of battery+AWD for great acceleration. Turbines are efficient, crazy small for the HP, and have few moving parts. The downsize is having a fixed RPM, which would normally make them unacceptable for a car.

Sadly it never made it to market.

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