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Ev Archive for February 1999
1347 messages, last added Wed Aug 08 18:44:26 2001

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Induction Generators part 2.



>    Anyway here is my idea.  You build a HEV with an undersized controller
>(and a small battery pack), just big enough to get the car up to say...25
>mph.  For speeds above that, an ICE driving an Induction generator kicks in
>and supplies the additional power needed with the controller scaling back
>it's power accordingly.


I forgot to mention,  this HEV idea uses an AC drive system.