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<blockquote data-quote="Pete E" data-source="post: 662147" data-attributes="member: 18110"><p>I remember seeing proposed design for a Yank recce vehicle for the American military...It was a hybrid diesel electric...the design utilised 4 small electric motors mounted on the road wheels which basically done away with all the regular transmission components. The diesel motor was designed to run at a constant speed to act as a generator to keep a moderately sized battery charged. Acceleration and variations in speed was accomplished by the electric motors...it was envisaged it would be able to run on just the battery if the tactical situation warranted it, but only for a relatively short time, say a couple of hours at low speeds....</p><p></p><p>I thought the four motor solution sounded really interesting although I think it might be better suited to civvie use..</p><p></p><p>Using two or four small motors surely has to be the way forward rather simply replacing a large fossil fuel engine with a large electric motor??</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pete E, post: 662147, member: 18110"] I remember seeing proposed design for a Yank recce vehicle for the American military...It was a hybrid diesel electric...the design utilised 4 small electric motors mounted on the road wheels which basically done away with all the regular transmission components. The diesel motor was designed to run at a constant speed to act as a generator to keep a moderately sized battery charged. Acceleration and variations in speed was accomplished by the electric motors...it was envisaged it would be able to run on just the battery if the tactical situation warranted it, but only for a relatively short time, say a couple of hours at low speeds.... I thought the four motor solution sounded really interesting although I think it might be better suited to civvie use.. Using two or four small motors surely has to be the way forward rather simply replacing a large fossil fuel engine with a large electric motor?? [/QUOTE]
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