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• Re: Vanagon Hybrid ? Wheel Motors
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:14:28 -0400
  ...On Wed, Oct 16, 2019, 1:46 PM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > Could be > > > Hybrid + 2+2 Wheel Drive + Better Brakes > All in...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
  Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:27:35 -0700
  ...Hybrid Vanagon > > > I was looking up hybrid vehicles. Something in Wikipedia was saying better > to start with a car that has a manual transmission...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 29 Apr 2003 01:12:00 -0400
  ...The military is using the same approach in the hybrid humvee. It can run in hybrid mode or full electric (silent) mode. However, there...
• Re: gas prices<Prius Hybrid>?-NO!...GO Tiico!(24mpg)
  Historical mailing list - phil stanhope
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 21:17:05 -0700
  John Clark wrote: "I rented a gas-electric hybrid this week, the Prius by Toyota." All you penny pinchers PLEASE DONT GO! Buy a...
• gas prices <Prius Hybrid>
  Historical mailing list - John Clark
  Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:38:14 -0600
  ...70 and higher near the interstate I rented a gas-electric hybrid this week, the Prius by Toyota. Pretty good for a sedan, crusied...
• Re: serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 23:20:10 -0700
  ...Serial hybrids are different > from > the parallel hybrids being built by the big manufacturers in that the > fueled engine doesn't power the wheels...
• Re: New VW EOS- NVC but interesting
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 17 Aug 2006 23:25:05 -0700
  ...Not TDI, or Hybrid (not thqt VW would do a Hybrid) > > On Aug 17, 2006, at 12:26 PM, don spence wrote: > > > http://www...
• Friday: Hybridengine VW
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Sat, 27 May 2006 17:14:18 +0200
  http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/ Wow!!!!!!!!!!!
• Re: serial hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Fri, 18 Nov 2005 16:13:32 -0500
  ...Serial hybrids are different from > the parallel hybrids being built by the big manufacturers in that the > fueled engine doesn't power the wheels...
• Re: Hybrid vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:46:29 -0500
  ...Or are you thinking of the type of hybrid where you mount a small gas/diesel engine that runs a generator to charge the...
• Virus Found Bloodhound.HybridCOM
  Historical mailing list - Jason M. Yasment
  Sun, 23 May 1999 21:48:28 -0400
  Hello, I just found this (Bloodhound.HybridCOM) virus on my PC. Don't know where exactly where it came from. I read about it...
• Re: looking for sponsors(diesel/electric hybrid vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Zoltan
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 18:27:43 -0700
  ...looking for sponsors(diesel/electric hybrid vanagon) > Listees, I'm currently in the hunt for sponsors to help me finance my > newest idea for...
• Re: Friday: Hybridengine VW
  Historical mailing list - David Gunning
  Sat, 27 May 2006 11:44:31 -0400
  ...ZORCK.DK> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, May 27, 2006 11:14 AM Subject: Friday: Hybridengine VW > http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com/ > > Wow!!!!!!!!!!! >
• Speaking of hybrid conversions
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 22 Nov 2005 10:09:42 -0800
  http://www.treehugger.com/files/2005/11/student_buildin.php
• Re: slightVC: TDI vs hybrid (was: Re: TDI conversion thoughts)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 14:13:05 -0400
  ...die, you could have your Prius converted > into a plug-in hybrid for about $10-12k which can give > you 80-100 mpg. Which...
• hybrid Vanagons. Was:RE: Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
  Historical mailing list - pdooley
  Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:01:06 -0400
  ...A hybrid Tristar... Cheers, Jeff
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:37:32 -0400
  ...In that a hybrid is implemented by using a smaller sized ICE > > to start with means that Vanagons were somewhat pre-hybrid > > manufactured. Cost...
• Re: VW gets busted (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:16:03 -0500
  The Tesla is not a hybrid, and hybrids do not operate on lithium batteries. mcneely ---- Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@gmail.com> wrote: > The drivetrain...
• Hybrids on NPR last night
  Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
  Sat, 15 May 2004 18:09:03 -0700
  ...Now if I could get a Hybrid Tdi......... Edward Lowe Seattle, WA 82 Westy Diesel upgraded to 1.9lt. Turbo 85 Golf Diesel 1...
• slightVC: TDI vs hybrid (was: Re: TDI conversion thoughts)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:38:05 -0400
  ...just my $.02 of heavily anti hybrid-as-"save the environment"-vehicle bias :D sudhir
• Re: looking for sponsors(diesel/electric hybrid vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - pederparizek
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:02:57 -0500
  ...looking for sponsors(diesel/electric hybrid vanagon) > Listees, I'm currently in the hunt for sponsors to help me finance my > newest idea for...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:37:24 -0400
  ...In that a hybrid is implemented by using a smaller sized ICE > to start with means that Vanagons were somewhat pre-hybrid > manufactured. Cost...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:26:28 -0700
  ...In that a hybrid is implemented by using a smaller sized ICE to start with means that Vanagons were somewhat pre-hybrid manufactured. Cost...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 23:24:47 -0400
  ...If this eventually comes out, and becomes cheap, and a cheap hybrid system comes into the market as well for it.....this would seem...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:39:13 -0700
  To make a hybrid would be rather simple (to a point!) thing to do in a Vanagon. Personally I would leave the rear engine...
• Re: inline hybrid motor?
  Historical mailing list - PSD
  Sun, 29 Mar 2015 00:40:13 -0400
  ...inline hybrid motor? As far as I know, the VW inline blocks, including the diesel, remained the same casting until the Gen IV Jetta...
• Re: [Diesel-Vanagon] Hybrids on NPR last night
  Historical mailing list - Joy Hecht
  Sat, 15 May 2004 21:53:20 -0400
  ...FWIW I get around 36 mpg with the kayak, which shows that much of the fuel advantage of the hybrids really isn't due...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Ron LK Johnson
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 17:45:40 -0700
  A quick follow-up to Mark's note - lots of nice links - thanks! Diesel hybrid systems for city buses do operate the diesel engine...
• Re: inline hybrid motor?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:53:26 -0700
  ...inline hybrid motor? > > The motor is a hybrid of an ABA 2.0 liter Jetta block('93 Jetta) and 1.8 > liter eight valve...
• Vw news
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 6 Jan 2005 13:51:32 -0700
  ...Last year, California accounted for 42 percent of all hybrid sales. Because of strict pollution rules that limit harmful emissions, such as soot, the...
• Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
  Historical mailing list - Steve W
  Mon, 28 Apr 2003 07:08:16 -0700
  ...There is debate as to whether hybrids make any economic sence. A diesel on veggie oil or biodiesel seem the better choice. Steve --- Joel...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - William Greenamyer
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 07:49:44 -0400
  try this car Link Car Runs on Water This one makes its own Hydrogen. http://cafr1.com/WANT1.html
• Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 10:05:51 -0400
  Seems to me hybrid would not be a good fit for a marine application, varying rpm, load, and regen braking are where the hybrid...
• Re: cheap '89 Bluestar on CL
  Historical mailing list - Ben
  Wed, 22 Jan 2014 18:46:56 -0800
  ...Converted my 88 Doka to auto with ABA hybrid inline-4 (not that kind of hybrid). Have a turbo 2.2 Subie in the...
• Re: Hybrids on NPR last night
  Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
  Sat, 15 May 2004 23:18:49 -0400
  On Sat, 15 May 2004, tmiller wrote: > Hybrids? Are you kidding? Now you have two drive trains to maintain. > The conventional gas or diesel...
• Re: Synchronauts: Alert: Son of Synchro Lurks! MB/VW Hybrid
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 11:24:05 -0400
  ...Son of Synchro Lurks! MB/VW Hybrid > Date: Thursday, July 10, 1997 9:33 AM > > On that note, I've seen two GMC Safari...
• Re: 2WD 5-speed transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:49:57 -0400
  3 grand for a 5- speed? A Prius hybrid would have a much better cost verses benifit return.
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Sam Conant
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 15:28:30 +0000
  ...If this eventually comes out, and becomes cheap, and a cheap > hybrid system comes into the market as well for it.....this would seem...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Fri, 5 Oct 2007 10:59:08 -0700
  ...To hybrid my Westy, all I need is a Honda gen, a bunch of batteries, and an electric motor right? ;^) Yes it's Friday...
• Re: Hybrid Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - B Feddish
  Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:32:48 -0400
  Hmmmm. Lets see how Volkswagen did it during the last energy crisis that everyone forgot about: http://tinyurl.com/4zy4fz Bryan
• looking for sponsors(diesel/electric hybrid vanagon)
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Sun, 16 Sep 2001 15:40:51 -0400
  ...I'm now thinking to do a volkswagen hi-po TDI / hi-torque electric hybrid combo. The design would be similar to a serial...
• Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 21 Jan 2012 23:05:02 -0600
  ---- Tom Hargrave <thargrav@hiwaay.net> wrote: > Hybrid technology is just a add-in to the primary technology used to drive the vehicle. But it...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 20:16:00 -0400
  turbodieseltrooper wrote: > WRONG - The electric motor, of a hybrid, only works while moving away > from a > standstill for as long as there is juice...
• Re: Synchronauts: Alert: Son of Synchro Lurks! MB/VW Hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
  Thu, 10 Jul 1997 08:36:09 -0500
  ...Son of Synchro Lurks! MB/VW Hybrid > Date: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 10:50 PM > > 4WD Volks, > To see the Son of Synchro, look...
• Re: Diesel Fanatacism
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Mon, 18 May 1998 21:59:00 -0700
  At 09:06 PM 5/18/98 -0400, you wrote: .....and he said small gas>turbine/electric hybrids. >Here's the theory in a...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 16:33:34 -0400
  ...just like the hybrid. Fun to think about, but sadly not really worth doing at the moment. On 10/4/07, Karin Baker & Raymond...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - turbodieseltrooper
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 18:07:27 -0700
  ...Till new battery tech reaches the consumer, hybrids and electrics are dead. More could be acomplished by building a new refinery( there has not...
• Re: Friday: New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP
  Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
  Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:10:03 -0700
  ...3:15 PM, Jeffrey Schwaia wrote: > >> Check out this New Beetle Hybrid. The secondary engine only puts out >> 1,350HP... >> >> http://www.ronpatrickstuff.com...
• 1977 VW van hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 9 Dec 2010 09:42:38 -0800
  http://tinyurl.com/22n6x46 the input nose cone on the transmission reminds me of the PTO nose cone option for the syncro trans. alistair
• Friday Dreamin'... van mods
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Sarriugarte
  Fri, 10 Nov 2006 07:22:13 -0800
  ...http://modmom.blogspot.com/2006/10/verdier-solar-powered-hybrid-caravan.html
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Karin Baker & Raymond Paquette
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 14:38:38 -0400
  ...Opinions? Raymond On 10/4/07, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@bostig.com> wrote: > > Seems to me hybrid would not be a good fit for a...
• Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Fri, 2 Sep 2005 19:16:30 -0700
  ...Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon" > Unfortunately even hybrids are not answering the call...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion
  Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 13:48:28 -0400
  It's already been done.....by high school students from Maine's smallest public high school http://www.northhavencommunityschool.org/Electric%20Vehicle% 20Project/science2...
• Re: Hybrid Engine Conversion (LVC, but it is nearly Friday!)
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Thu, 4 Oct 2007 20:37:15 -0700
  ...If this eventually comes out, and becomes cheap, and a cheap > hybrid system comes into the market as well for it.....this would seem...
• Re: VW gets busted (NVC)
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 19 Sep 2015 14:21:36 -0500
  ...As you point out, the electronics are not much more in hybrids than in conventional vehicles. 3. The batteries in a Prius last way...
• Re: 1977 VW van hybrid
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Thu, 9 Dec 2010 14:45:55 -0500
  ...could a syncro transmission be used in a 2WD van to create a hybrid drive vanagon? Push the transmission the other way using an...
• [Re: I thought I said Synergy]
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Payton
  Sun, 6 May 2001 12:24:44 EST
  I dunno man, we've got hybrid cars right now. I'd like to think there will be something we don't use right...
• Re: Green camper
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Philbrick
  Fri, 7 Nov 2008 17:34:08 -0600
  ...I believe this would be a good base for a diesel/elect hybrid. Plus, with this base-line model starting at 35,900 gbp...
• Re: [Audi-VW-Diesels] Breakthrough for TDI conversions!
  Historical mailing list - Karl M.
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 11:32:12 -0400
  ...I've been told the pump is a hybrid of AAZ with TDI internals.
• Re: What is it with the US? (No real van content)
  Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
  Mon, 25 Jun 2007 17:17:41 -0400
  From my understanding, further developing hybrids looks to be ahead in priority to optimizing diesels in the industry. SAE does a yearly survey right...