<div dir="ltr">That's called a "hybrid", and it is an approach that some have been trying for decades. For example, I drove a series of 3 hybrid Toyota Priuses before switching to a Tesla.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Jan 28, 2024 at 8:07 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg-822954448183745638"><div lang="EN-US" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_-822954448183745638WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This kind of stuff is presented in the mainstream press as a joke, but it doesn’t need to be.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">An IC-assisted electric vehicle makes perfect sense in some climates:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img width="398" height="252" style="width: 4.1458in; height: 2.625in;" id="m_-822954448183745638Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:ii_18d5162c9a44ce8e91"><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The all-electrics have been getting bad press in the recent USA cold snap. But what if… you really designed a vehicle from a white sheet of paper, with an easily-removable small internal combustion engine, which comes into play only in bad cold snaps and cross country trips? The heat from the IC would heat the batteries so they continue to have full range, and they could even share the electric drive load. We could design a cross-country-worthy vehicle which could eliminate range anxiety and cold anxiety but be easily removed when not needed, so the vehicle still has all the advantages of an all-electric ride for three quarters of the year and 90% of the trips.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">spike<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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