Brilliant design...
2 energy storage systems - batteries + gas tank
2 prime movers - electric motors + internal combustion engine
1 regenerative braking system - motor/generator + hydraulics
What do you think it costs you up front for all that extra crap? And Obama still hasn’t repealed F=MA — what do you think it costs you to accelerate all that extra mass? Sure, you get some of it back on braking, but not all of it. And let’s not get started on maintenance costs — what do you suppose it will cost to replace all those LiIon cells? Lastly, what about safe disposal of the highly toxic batteries?
No Rube Goldbergs for me. The whole thing in just nuts.
one word:
Locomotive
WHAT THE * DO YOU THINK A DIESEL ELECTRIC LOCOMOTIVE IS YOU NITWIT??
UNION effing PACIFIC has been doing it for three quarters of a century.
now take your nonsense and stick it. I’m not putting up with your asinine bla bla bla.
The battery disposal is something everyone seems to gloss over, much like the new spiral mercury light bulbs. Talk about environmental nightmare.
Also, if these vehicles really take off, how is the electric grid going to handle it. Burn more coal? Electric fairies?
The batteries will not last anywhere near what the liars expect. I’ve been using a golf cart regularly for years and the batteries half life is much less than ‘sticker’. The disposal issues add more $ to this as well as the lack of charging stations....it is a BIG LOSER like everything else the idiot Left touches!