Monday, May 2nd, 2011
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Monday 02 May 2011
yeah, I’m the dumbass.
I’ve been talking about this since 2007.
Turbines are efficient. They are most efficient when they run at a constant speed- not varying speeds like driving. You don’t need varying speed to charge batteries, you just need one RPM, and need it consistently. using the turbines at a consistent speed to charge a battery? To get a highly efficient 500 mile range out of a car that will go from 0 to 60 in under 3 seconds? And was capable of running on almost any fuel?
They aren’t using very efficient turbines, but they could be. They just picked some that are in the 20% efficiency range, but I’m confident it’s possible to combine a rankin/brayton cycle turbine to squeeze more like 50% efficiency.
NOW they’re talking. I should get one just on principle. Oh, and it’s a JAG with a body designed, if I remember correctly, by Louis Vuitton. Mr B should get one too, since we’ve been discussing the possibility of this very vehicle, though I don’t think he quite imagined an 800 hp firebreathing rocket.
