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   From: lumpy@digitalcartography.com   
      
   miso@sushi.com wrote:   
   > ...Hybrid cars are really stupid when you think about them. A pure   
   > electric car could be so simple that you would not need a transmission   
   > or even differentials if you distributed the motors, i.e. two for 2wd   
   > or 4 for 4wd. A hybrid takes something complicated and adds something   
   > complicated, which is 2x complicated!   
      
   I really don't know anything about current day Hybrids.   
   But I thought they were essentially electric cars with   
   a petrol powered generator. Like a dieselectric locomotive.   
      
   Does the gas engine drive hybrid cars? Trade off from the   
   elec motor?   
      
      
   Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke   
      
   www.n0eq.com   
      
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