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To: Joe NYC who wrote (347054)	8/16/2007 10:16:36 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1575425

"Yup, efficient in 95% range. I used to study EE (not the micro side of things, but the big stuff." Thanks. I knew the efficiency was very high, but I didn't know the figure. "Another thing is, things that you have on luxury cars, such as four wheel drive, anti slip regulation system, anti lock breaks would be easy and cheap to implement. " Yep. Have you seen GM's skateboard concept? blogs.consumerreports.org If they were to adapt it to a diesel generator/battery combo, they could have a platform for future vehicles just by changing out the power supply. So, if fuel cells pan out, or ultracapacitors or, what the heck, a Mr. Fusion, then the basic vehicle stays the same. GM has a lot of smart people working for them. Sadly, none of them seem to be in management...