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   From: droleary@8usenet2013.subsume.com   
      
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    Greg Goss  wrote:   
      
   > This design is similar to modern locomotives.  The motor runs a   
   > generator, and the driving is done by electric motors.   
      
   I'm not one to fight a good design.  :-)   
      
   > But in the automotive world, it seems easier to have an entire   
   > drivetrain in a trailer that pushes, rather than gets pulled, via the   
   > ball-joint hitch.   
      
   I think a trailer is essentially a non-starter from a consumer   
   perspective.  Easier or not, a more acceptable design is a generator   
   that fits into the (front?) trunk somehow.  Bonus points if it can   
   simply be slid in from a platform loader and hooked up with just a few   
   connectors.   
      
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