Australia: Undergrad develops cheap kit for hybrid electric vehicle conversion
Australia: Undergrad develops cheap kit for hybrid electric vehicle conversion
Australian design student Alexander Burton has developed a prototype kit for cheaply converting petrol or diesel cars to hybrid electric.
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That means the gas engine needs to idle all the time in order to provide power to the power steering, ac, braking and other stuff?
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In the article it says there is a battery in the trunk powering the motors. The engine is not running when using the battery.
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but those are mechanically connected to the old motor. They would need to be replaced in order to work with a battery and that's not easy and not cheap because nobody can afford to lose power to the brake pump while in highway
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I'm guessing conversion of those boosters to electric would be part of the process...? But I don't know.
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