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Re:Electric Turbochargers: The Next Big Thing in Fuel Effici... by lazylizard on Monday November 03, 2014 @10:54PM (#8555072)
how about running the internal combustion engine at constant rpm, and use the electricity generated by the exhaust turbine to charge the batteries on a hybrid?
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Re:Electric Turbochargers: The Next Big Thing in Fuel Effici... by limaoscarjuliet on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @01:05AM (#8555333)
Close. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel-electric_transmission
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Re:Electric Turbochargers: The Next Big Thing in Fuel Effici... by tadfisher on Tuesday November 04, 2014 @12:50AM (#8555301)
Why not skip the middleman and generate the electricity from the crank?
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