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Re: Was Ford Galaxy Friday, now Technology Comparison
Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
Sun, 22 Jan 2012 14:21:54 -0500
...The lower figures for town driving are when it is driven mainly for short distance drives, and the hybrid system is not adequately warmed...
Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:06:01 -0500
...a/plug-in-hybrid-conversion-kit/20080729104209990001? flv=1&ncid=fLHHQXUNeT0000000474&icid=templatized_autos.M *http://tinyurl.com/3tm9ll *John Rodgers 88 GL Driver* *
Re: [vanagon] Re: electric or hybrid conversion?
Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
Mon, 28 Apr 2003 22:06:03 -0400
...The experimental series hybrid I saw at my college used an 8:1 reduction drive. This was good from 0 mph all the way...
Golf diesel hybrid 69 mpg coming soon.....
Historical mailing list - Bill Shawley
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:19:43 +0000
...Volkswagen isn't offering much in the way of details, but the car is expected to have a parallel hybrid drivetrain with a 2...
Re: Golf diesel hybrid 69 mpg coming soon.....
Historical mailing list - Donna Skarloken
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:47:04 -0800
...Volkswagen isn't > offering much > in the way of details, but the car is expected to have a parallel hybrid > drivetrain > with a 2...
Re: Golf diesel hybrid 69 mpg coming soon.....
Historical mailing list - azsun99
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 10:24:07 -0700
...Volkswagen isn't offering much in the way of details, but the car is expected to have a parallel hybrid drivetrain with a 2...
Re: Golf diesel hybrid 69 mpg coming soon.....
Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:28:12 -0800
...Volkswagen isn't offering much in the way of details, but the car is expected to have a parallel hybrid drivetrain with a 2...
Re: Golf diesel hybrid 69 mpg coming soon.....
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Fri, 29 Feb 2008 23:37:35 -0500
...Volkswagen isn't offering much > in the way of details, but the car is expected to have a parallel hybrid drivetrain > with a 2...
Vanagon Hybrid ? Wheel Motors
Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:45:28 -0600
Could be > Hybrid + 2+2 Wheel Drive + Better Brakes > All in 1 Upgrade ~ Also needs Controller & Batteries so No Idea as to When or...
Re: And now for something Completely Different
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:36:34 -0400
...I drive a 86 GL myself. > I was wondering how hard it would be to hybridize a vanagon. Add a little > helper motor/generator...
serial hybrid conversion?
Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
Fri, 18 Nov 2005 14:40:49 -0500
Recently I saw a segment of MotorWeek highlighting a small company building 'serial' hybrid conversions. Serial hybrids are different from the parallel hybrids being...
Re: Hybrids on NPR last night
Historical mailing list - tmiller
Sat, 15 May 2004 22:11:48 -0400
Hybrids? Are you kidding? Now you have two drive trains to maintain. The conventional gas or diesel system, and the electric one. Such a...
Re: Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:41:29 -0600
...in-hybrid-conversion-kit/20080729104209990001? > flv=1&ncid=fLHHQXUNeT0000000474&icid=templatized_autos.M > > *http://tinyurl.com/3tm9ll > > *John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver* Er... the...
Re: Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 18:39:26 -0400
...a/plug-in-hybrid-conversion-kit/20080729104209990001? > flv=1&ncid=fLHHQXUNeT0000000474&icid=templatized_autos.M > > *http://tinyurl.com/3tm9ll > > *John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver* > * >
Re: Friday: New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:25:48 -0800
...New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP Saw this beetle/owner on D. Letterman Show one nite. He says it is street legal & he can drive...
Re: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - M'obeechi
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 15:23:24 -0700
...Vanagons are typically long-haul > vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost > completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
Re: Global Warming My Vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:45:52 EDT
...But I think we're being sold a bit of a bill of goods with these "hybrids," and especially SUV Hybrids and the like...
Re: Maybe now is the time to fill the tank of your extra car or "parts vanagon"
Historical mailing list - Alan Sinclair
Fri, 2 Sep 2005 17:32:02 -0700
Unfortunately even hybrids are not answering the call to reduce gas consumption. Except for the Toyota Prius and the Honda Insight, hybridization is being...
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 - Scott Daniel - Shazam
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:15:14 -0700
...however.................of course...............for what it would cost you to retrofit a properly matched hybrid drivetrain ( the Lexus is a 100 thosuand dollar car...
Re: Friday: New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 22:12:09 -0500
...New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP > > > Saw this beetle/owner on D. Letterman Show one nite. He says it is > street legal & he can drive...
Re: Vanagon Hybrid ? Wheel Motors
Historical mailing list - Mark Belanger
Wed, 16 Oct 2019 14:36:34 -0700
...46 AM OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@comcast.net> wrote: > Could be > > > Hybrid + 2+2 Wheel Drive + Better Brakes > All in 1 Upgrade ~ > > Also needs Controller & Batteries...
Re: Friday: New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 15:48:39 -0700
...He says it is street legal & he can drive it to work! Regular beetle engine is augmented by the jet helicopter engine for additional...
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: Hybrid vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
Wed, 19 Jan 2000 10:46:29 -0500
...Sell the viscous coupler (no longer used) Sell the driveshaft (no longer used). Or are you thinking of the type of hybrid where you...
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 - Kim Springer
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 17:20:28 -0700
...Vanagons are typically long-haul > vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost > completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
Re: Hybrid vanagon?
Historical mailing list - Johnson, Darrell
Thu, 20 Jan 2000 09:52:16 -0800
I am of the opinion that a good electric-hybrid conversion is just what the Vanagon needs. At this point the technology/cost factor...
Re: Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
Historical mailing list - Jim Cochran
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 17:23:38 -0700
...a/plug-in-hybrid-conversion-kit/20080729104209990001? >> flv=1&ncid=fLHHQXUNeT0000000474&icid=templatized_autos.M >> >> *http://tinyurl.com/3tm9ll >> >> *John Rodgers >> 88 GL Driver* >> * >>
Re: Vanagons as electric vehicles and other stuff....
Historical mailing list - craig cowan
Tue, 6 May 2008 00:01:02 -0400
Then build a hybrid! Put a 1.6NA diesel in the back of a syncro, remove the driveshaft, install a solid shaft in replacement...
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: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Ikard
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 12:43:13 -0700
...Vanagons are typically long-haul vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
Re: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:12:39 -0400
...Vanagons are typically long-haul >> vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost >> completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
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: 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: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Wed, 2 Jul 2008 16:19:36 -0400
...My pessimism is based on the crappy mpg that the hybrid suv's get:http://www.hybridsuv.com/ even with smaller engines than stock...
Re: Golf diesel hybrid 69 mpg coming soon.....
Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
Sat, 1 Mar 2008 08:05:41 -0500
...Volkswagen isn't >> offering much >> in the way of details, but the car is expected to have a parallel hybrid >> drivetrain >> with a 2...
Re: Turn Your Car Into a Plug-In Hybrid
Historical mailing list - Christian Pelletier
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 16:32:20 -0700
...a/plug-in-hybrid-conversion-kit/20080729104209990001? > flv=1&ncid=fLHHQXUNeT0000000474&icid=templatized_autos.M > > *http://tinyurl.com/3tm9ll > > *John Rodgers > 88 GL Driver* > * >
Re: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:17:25 -0400
...Vanagons are typically long-haul vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
hybrid Vanagons. Was:RE: Hydrogen cars. Was: Re: waterboxer pinging
Historical mailing list - pdooley
Sun, 20 Sep 2009 21:01:06 -0400
...drive train in the back; Syncro diff with electric motor in the front. Battery trays under the pickup bed in the middle. A hybrid...
Re: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - dylan friedman
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:57:44 -0700
...Vanagons are typically long-haul vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
Hybrids on NPR last night
Historical mailing list - Mad and Ed
Sat, 15 May 2004 18:09:03 -0700
HA! I knew it! The NPR story quoted - was Car & Driver? that the best they were able to get with the Prius they had...
Re: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:29:19 -0700
...Vanagons are > typically long-haul > > vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits > will be almost > > completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
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: Hybrid Vanagon
Historical mailing list - Jim Akiba
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 11:06:26 -0400
...Vanagons are typically long-haul > vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost > completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
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 Vanagon
Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
Tue, 1 Jul 2008 23:30:22 -0400
...Vanagons are typically long-haul > > vehicles, not city drivers, the hybrid's benefits will be almost > > completely lost on long haul driving. not to...
Re: 1977 VW van hybrid
Historical mailing list - Daryl Christensen
Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:13:56 -0800
...1977 VW van hybrid Wow... The similarity to a syncro drive is definitely there. Which raises the question: could a syncro transmission be used...
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
...and mature, thoughtful Vanagon drivers who can think for themselves.) Manufacturers are going to accommodate those lusts, even in hybrids. I was reacting to...
Re: Vanagon futures?
Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
Fri, 24 Dec 1999 19:10:52 EST
...Remember his little strecthy hybrid with electric drive in the front and inline 4 in the rear? Ben T San Francisco
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 (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: Electric motors in each wheel, was Re: Hybrid technologies
Historical mailing list - Chris S
Thu, 3 Jul 2008 16:46:25 -0400
Herr Ferdinand Porsche built a 4-wheel drive in-hub-electric vehicle before he ever got involved in the KdF Wagen project. Look up...
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: 1977 VW van hybrid
Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:25:14 -0800
...1977 VW van hybrid > > Wow... > > The similarity to a syncro drive is definitely there. > > Which raises the question: could a syncro transmission be used...
Re: Friday: New Beetle Hybrid - 1,350HP
Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:10:03 -0700
...He says it is > street legal & he can drive it to work! Regular beetle engine is > augmented by the jet helicopter engine for additional...
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: Portable Air Conditioner aka hybrid electric vehicle continued
Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:44:10 -0500
The inverter won't drive the AC unit. The AC unit requires 15 amps continuos. You battery or inverter won't be able to...
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...
NEED HELP!! <-- hybridizing my vanagon
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:39:33 -0400
...electric motor and "make" a split-drive type hybrid vehicle. for more info about the sort of drivetrain i am leaning toward, please visit...