Comments on: Turn your car into a hybrid

By: sikiş

sikiş — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 21:51:17 +0000

hımm Thank you.

By: SomeSmartGuy

SomeSmartGuy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:35:17 +0000

and web… you are such a conformist…

By: SomeSmartGuy

SomeSmartGuy — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:33:51 +0000

simon templar, you have lost your bs’in mind. the difference between the rpms is amps! more rpms, them ore amps your alternator can dish out!… the voltage is maintained by a regulator. Those motor wheels? Absolute waste of time, as far as i am concerned, if the car doesn’t run fully on gas or electric…. tis not a hybrid…. is a faster way to pay for more gas, cept you do it early on… seriously… buy a hybrid, save on gas? yeah buy a hybrid, pay for your future gas now!@@# on sale at walmart!! low prices because you fill a smaller tank dipsh!t$

By: web

web — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:56:24 +0000

i thought this was cool

By: Observer

Observer — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:46:48 +0000

I don’t know if this would work but if you drew off the alternator while decellerating which would be it’s own form of regenerative breaking for the engine.

Just trigger it when the break lights are on for a second for some hysteresis.

By: mrdelayer

mrdelayer — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:45:24 +0000

So what happens if I bolt one of these onto a Prius?

By: polymath

polymath — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 03:20:26 +0000

car efficiency arguments aside… I want to see some one hack this and mount it on their motorcycle. since steering and suspension mechanisms on a bike are considerably less complex than they are a car this has real potential.

By: hmmm

hmmm — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:46:49 +0000

that looks like im being a smart ass kinda but im not

By: hmmm

hmmm — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:46:08 +0000

THIS LOOKS ENTERTAINING nice potencial for hacks
they have some dc regen braking as well although im not up 2 date with the tech do a google search and see

By: _matt

_matt — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:40:58 +0000

Unfortunately Ken, I can’t go 80mph on one of those bikes.

Regenerative breaking is useful, once you realize the amount of energy it takes to stop something that heavy.

If you want efficiency, get a motorcycle, 60+ mpg.

Pure-electric vehicles may have a low price/gallon, but what you save in gas you spend on new batteries every few years.

By: UEDan

UEDan — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:07:12 +0000

4WD Civic?! YES! I can finally go Rallying!
Where do I sign up!?
Right…

By: (the first) ken

(the first) ken — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:25:36 +0000

“I’d rather be out on the street NOW demonstrating …”

My advice is get (and ride) a hybrid bicycle. For $5000, you can get a really sweet one!

This hybrid car has its place, but it won’t improve efficiency 30% in stop and go traffic, or for trips around town where there is relatively little constant speed cruising. A hybrid bike, will deliver 1000+mpg equivalent, and make a real difference now.

By: static

static — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 23:25:41 +0000

While hybrids have their place they aren’t a unviversal solution. While plugin hybrids shift the point of pollution they may pollute less in the long run. I would have rather seen the stock hubs replaced with hub motors rather than this Rube Goldberg looking affair. While this is certainly a hybrid, but an unsophisticated one. Nott he set it and forget, off the shelf item most US auto buyers are accustomed to buying. With gas at $1.699,it would take a long too pay off, but price are going to set new highs again, no doubt. In the event it was mentioned on the Poulsen Hybrid web page, I missed it. Unless this ends up raising the trade in value of the car it’s initially installed on, the unit can be installed on new cars until it’s components wear out

By: marty

marty — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:26:21 +0000

To all you haters out there: don’t buy one.

For anybody out there who has been following the plug-in hybrid scene at all, this rig sounds great. The only plug-in competitor delivering the goods right now is the add-in battery pack from Hymotion, which only fits the current generation of Prius. (And costs $10K.) Half the price and potentially fits a lot of models? Bring it on.

And for those griping about the cost, think about this. Most folks building DIY pure-electric vehicles are doing DC-based systems with lead-acid batteries, and getting 40 miles total range, but no regeneration. AC systems give you regeneration, but are $20-$30K. To me, $5K to turn my paid-for PT Cruiser into anything resembling a plug-in hybrid is a bargain. Mark me up as an “early adopter”. I don’t want to wait years for a $40,000 Chevy Volt. I’d rather be out on the street NOW demonstrating that I want to see us off oil sooner rather than later.

By: Ken

Ken — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:00:30 +0000

Enough discussion has occurred regarding the “excess energy” misconception. But I wanted to briefly comment on the misconception that hybrids have to be able to run off the electric motor only — not at all. “Parallel” hybrids can have this capability (either system can provide power independently) but not necessarily — the honda insight doesn’t, for instance. But “series” hybrids do not (ice is a generator which powers the motor). Most “hybrid” cars today are a mixture of series and parallel — the ice powers the motor and can drive the wheels independently. But still, the ability for the ice to turn off and the motor to drive independently is optional.