

| Subject: | Re: 1977 VW van hybrid |
| From: | Robert Stevens |
| Date: | Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:52:20 -0700 |
.... maybe one of these on this page, carried in a Westy overhead luggage bin. ;-) bob ... from a coffe shot in Boulder, waiting for my G-Son to arrive so we can buy him dinner for his 18th (today) at his favorite burger joint (Larkburger). <http://www.hondapowerequipment.com/products/models.aspx?page=models§ion=P2GG&category=rv> On Dec 9, 2010, at 2:13 PM, Daryl Christensen wrote: > I always figured it would be fun to put an electric motor at the front diff > on a syncro so you could drive electric only with the trans de-coupled, or > use the gas motor either coupled or decoupled and drive the front end thru > the motors armature shaft. A pile of batteries and maybe an extra generator > to recharge what the eng alternator wouldn't. Drive the generator from the > driveline as well...It CAN be done as I have talked to at least 3 who are > trying it over the last few years. Never heard about the outcomes though. > > Daryl of AA Transaxle > 425-788-4070 > "On the cutting edge of Old technology" > 86 Syncro Westy with a Zetec in the trunk > >
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