Just sounds like the exhaust gases drive a turbine which is hydro-
dynamically connected to the drive gears..using waste energy
to help drive the wheels...decent idea.
I suppose this could work with a gasoline engine also. Anyone know
about that ?
How about using the waste heat to power stirling engines which
help recharge batteries in a hybrid?
I wonder if anyone has ever tried this combination:
Hybrid Car
High pressure(higher than normal diesel in diesel system)
and same in gas engine
Solar cell array on roof,trunklid, engine hood to recharge batteries.
Stirling engines to recover all waste heat(exhaust, cabin temp)
to recharge batteries
Superoverdrive transmission
Low final drive ratio
Super low coefficient of drag
I wonder if they could apply such considerations on the
new Volt.
Anybody here with a car engineering degree who would know
about these things?
“I suppose this could work with a gasoline engine also. Anyone know about that ?”
When I was a kid we could fire a potato out of the exhaust pipe of my neighbors’ car. Does that count? ;-)