found this intersting..( diesel electric )

seapotato · 05-10-08, 09:58 AM

found this site while browsing 21 PONIES: Save your gas! you can watch the vid, he puts a small diesel into a neon, with a 20hp electric motor on the front of it to assist.

probably take him years to get back the money he spent, but it makes a person wonder, what gains you'd see by adding an electric motor to the front of a diesel.

3b for example. it'd have to make a difference you'd think, the diesel wouldn't be working quite as hard...

anyone found any other sites about this sorta thing?

joshoisasleep · 05-10-08, 04:46 PM

I've been doing a lot of thinking and reading about diesel-electric hybrid ideas. Most of the info seems to be people who made electric cars for $20,000 that have a 30 mile range.

seapotato · 05-10-08, 04:59 PM

yeah, I've seen a few of those too. this is more "electric assisted" .

or parallel hybrid I guess, tho it would never be electric only.

be interesting to see a graph, of what sort of gains you could get from adding that sortof thing to a diesel.

wouldn't be super $$ to just add the motor and controllers etc, question is how many mpg would it get you...

joshoisasleep · 05-10-08, 05:18 PM

it's really annoying that he made the video but didn't do a writeup. It's a really cool project but I'm on a slow connection here!!

05-10-08, 09:58 AM	#1
seapotato IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: takin' a walk down stupid street. TLCA# Reset to Zero.... Posts: 585	found this intersting..( diesel electric ) found this site while browsing 21 PONIES: Save your gas! you can watch the vid, he puts a small diesel into a neon, with a 20hp electric motor on the front of it to assist. probably take him years to get back the money he spent, but it makes a person wonder, what gains you'd see by adding an electric motor to the front of a diesel. 3b for example. it'd have to make a difference you'd think, the diesel wouldn't be working quite as hard... anyone found any other sites about this sorta thing? __________________ I disagree. 87BJ70 61 BJ-109?

05-10-08, 04:46 PM	#2
joshoisasleep IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Somewhere in South America... Posts: 479	I've been doing a lot of thinking and reading about diesel-electric hybrid ideas. Most of the info seems to be people who made electric cars for $20,000 that have a 30 mile range. __________________ BJ62, 3b, H55F 5spd, turbo, A/C, P/S, winch, badass bumpers, defender rack. Facing the music... above 100% rust free diesel expedition cruiser may be up for grabs in 4-6 months time. Shown/delivered anywhere in North, South, Central America. www.wanderinglost.com group for mudders in latin america

05-10-08, 04:59 PM	#3
seapotato IH8MUD Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: takin' a walk down stupid street. TLCA# Reset to Zero.... Posts: 585	yeah, I've seen a few of those too. this is more "electric assisted" . or parallel hybrid I guess, tho it would never be electric only. be interesting to see a graph, of what sort of gains you could get from adding that sortof thing to a diesel. wouldn't be super $$ to just add the motor and controllers etc, question is how many mpg would it get you... __________________ I disagree. 87BJ70 61 BJ-109? Last edited by seapotato; 05-10-08 at 05:13 PM.

05-10-08, 05:18 PM	#4
joshoisasleep IH8MUD Regular Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Somewhere in South America... Posts: 479	it's really annoying that he made the video but didn't do a writeup. It's a really cool project but I'm on a slow connection here!! __________________ BJ62, 3b, H55F 5spd, turbo, A/C, P/S, winch, badass bumpers, defender rack. Facing the music... above 100% rust free diesel expedition cruiser may be up for grabs in 4-6 months time. Shown/delivered anywhere in North, South, Central America. www.wanderinglost.com group for mudders in latin america

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