Gas engine>Generator>Electric motor>Drive train= Gas over Electric hybrid.
Oh yes you do...
The guy in the 70’s had a 12 HP Tecumseh running a DC 10 starter motor working as a generator to run another equal DC 10 starter motor as the output to the drivetrain on a Bug. He was getting 100 miles to the gallon at normal bug performance capabilities. With permanent magnets this would have been a very good set up. From what I understand they “disappeared” him at the time to keep this ability squashed.
ROTFLMAO!
Let me guess, your neighbor invented a perpetual motion machine but he was kidnapped by the government to keep the technology from ruining the electric power conglomerate that is owned by the Illuminati and pays for the power structure of the Bilderbergers.