CRJPILOT asked: Ok so with all of the inefficiencies of the reciprocating internal combustion engine why don’t they make a hybrid car powered by a small centrifugal turbine that would work like an aircraft APU. The car would have an all electric drive system and the turbine would produce electricity for the electric motor. The FADEC computer would control fuel flow to the turbine as more power was needed. Trains have been doing this for decades so why not cars? A plus would be that you could use any liquid or flammable gas for fuel.
Yeah but they didnt have computers back then as a driver you would have no idea just push the pedal and the car goes
Ok some of you missed the piont it is an electric car not driven directly by the turbine but buy the electricity produced by a generator connected to the turbine so no change in RPM the generator would run at the same RPM for optimal electrical production a change in load would just reqiuer more fuel
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