To: old-ager
Includes a 3.6 liter V6 to power on-board electric generator. The engine has no mechanical coupling to the drive train.
Nothing to go wrong here.
2 posted on
11/10/2023 9:54:20 AM PST by
old-ager
To: old-ager
That’s a hell of a generator.
4 posted on
11/10/2023 9:57:29 AM PST by
shotgun
To: old-ager
The Prius actually works like that, so it can be done.
But I wouldn’t trust Chrysler with that level of complexity. Especially a brand new model.
8 posted on
11/10/2023 9:58:56 AM PST by
Reverend Wright
( Everything touched by progressives, dies !)
To: old-ager
“Includes a 3.6 liter V6 to power on-board electric generator.”
Why do they need a generator that large?
To: old-ager
You have got to be kidding.
To: old-ager
“Includes a 3.6 liter V6 to power on-board electric generator. The engine has no mechanical coupling to the drive train.“
Nucknig futs. Absolutely idiotic
To: old-ager
That’s how diesel-electric locomotives work. Also giant dumptrucks at strip mines etc. It’s not unproven technology, but a neighborhood mechanic won’t usually have the knowledge; you’d have to go to a railroad maintenance facility.
30 posted on
11/10/2023 10:41:02 AM PST by
Olog-hai
("No Republican, no matter how liberal, is going to woo a Democratic vote." -- Ronald Reagan, 1960)
To: old-ager
Includes a 3.6 liter V6 to power on-board electric generator. The engine has no mechanical coupling to the drive train.
Nothing to go wrong here.
The word is that Mazda will do something similar with a rotary engine, which makes sense as rotary engines are light and work even better if they get to operate at a constant speed.
61 posted on
11/10/2023 11:46:58 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: old-ager
Yeah ... like nobody ever tried a drive train like that in Diesel-Electric submarines. Or Diesel-Electric locomotives.
Oh no ...
It’s totally untried and crazy.
89 posted on
11/10/2023 1:37:20 PM PST by
NorthMountain
(... the right of the peopIe to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed)
To: old-ager
Includes a 3.6 liter V6 to power on-board electric generator. The engine has no mechanical coupling to the drive train.If its a diesel engine, it could be just a standard diesel-electric. They've been running trains like this for ages. I've supported this idea for a long time. Let the diesel run at it's optimum, and most efficient generating speed, and you really have the best of both worlds. The torque of electric, and the reliability/economy of diesel. No batteries required.
111 posted on
11/10/2023 6:02:58 PM PST by
zeugma
(Stop deluding yourself that America is still a free country.)
To: old-ager
American railway diesel locomotives drive generators that power electric motors
118 posted on
11/14/2023 10:35:13 AM PST by
bert
( (KWE. NP. N.C. +12) Joe Biden is a kleptocrat)
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