See "hybrid cars". They might not always have that specific setup (apparently, that's<br>most often done for bus-sized hybrids, mainly for want of suppliers of low cost, high<br>quality microturbines small enough to be cost and performance competitive for normal<br>
cars), but that is their general concept.<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2010/10/22 Henrique Moraes Machado (CI) <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cetico.iconoclasta@gmail.com">cetico.iconoclasta@gmail.com</a>></span><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Could someone who knows more than me about electric
cars (I assume most people on this list probably does) and electricity in
general enlighten me (with numbers if not too much trouble) on why no company
has yet made a car with a gas turbine for power generation that feeds an
electric engine? </font></div>
<div><font face="Arial" size="2">As far as I know, there are very capable small gas
turbines around nowadays.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Couple this with with an Einstein-Szilard
refrigerator and the car could even have air conditioner solely feeded on the
wasted heat of the turbine...</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Far out?</font></div>
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