"RCE" wrote in message
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"Shortwave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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Makes sense now. Thanks, both Tom and DSK. Wanna start up a business
building diesel electric drives?

im in.

I am half serious. I need something to do anyway. Thinking we buy an old
boat maybe already with a small diesel, add a battery bank, charging
system, inverter and a big old electric motor. I have access to
machining, welding and fabrication services, plus controls, electrical and
CAD design if needed. Even have some space we could use. We could build
a prototype and optimize it for proof of concept .... then .... on to Wall
Street.

Hmmmmm..... this one has caught my attention. I wonder if Mrs.E would
donate her GB?

RCE
Hybrid cars make sense in other ways too. What if we as a country decided
to equip one lane of the national interstates with a power rail that hybrid
cars could use. What if we decided NOW on a protocol for accessing a future
system and have all current hybrid and electric car designs easily
modifiable to use that system if we implement it in the future?

This could start in the major cities and spread out to semi urban areas
along interstate routes.