cyu@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 11 months agoAustralia: Undergrad develops cheap kit for hybrid electric vehicle conversionwww.dezeen.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down14
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minus-squaremibzman@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·11 months agoIn the article it says there is a battery in the trunk powering the motors. The engine is not running when using the battery.
minus-squareMoonrise2473@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-211 months agobut those are mechanically connected to the old motor. They would need to be replaced in order to work with a battery and that’s not easy and not cheap because nobody can afford to lose power to the brake pump while in highway
In the article it says there is a battery in the trunk powering the motors. The engine is not running when using the battery.
but those are mechanically connected to the old motor. They would need to be replaced in order to work with a battery and that’s not easy and not cheap because nobody can afford to lose power to the brake pump while in highway