"Bernd Felsche" <bernie@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> [Cross-posting to politics newsgroups zapped]
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> Fran <Fran.Beta@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>On Apr 30, 10:51=A0am, mimus <tinmimu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>> On Tue, 29 Apr 2008 06:31:07 -0700, a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
>>> >http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/03/09/cars.100mpg.popsci/index.html
>
>>> All three of those techniques mentioned were interesting, and ought to
>>> be
>>> combined in a four-seater.
>
>>I especially liked this ****tion:
>
>>The EPA has built a modified hybrid that uses a hydraulic system, not
>>a battery, to store braking energy. When you press the brakes, the
>>wheels drive a pump that compresses nitrogen gas, which is inexpensive
>>and inert. When you accelerate again, that compressed gas runs the
>>pump in reverse to help power the vehicle.
>
> That must be all of 20% efficient, at best.
>
>>Perhaps that's why Charles Gray, the director of the Advanced
>>Technology Division and one of the developers of the hydraulic hybrid,
>>can't contain his excitement about its potential.
>
> Potential to scam lots of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
> from ignorant, greedy fools.
>
>>"I can hold a 500-horsepower hydraulic pump motor in my hand, and I'm
>>not a big guy," Gray says. Because the technology would eliminate the
>>need for a transmission -- the engine merely pressurizes the hydraulic
>>system, while the hydraulic motors power the wheels -- and several
>>other parts, it could be installed in a small car for almost no
>>additional cost.
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>
>>It sounds credible, and given that the applicability of this to
>>existing vehicle designs is very wide, very exciting.
>
> It's *incredible*. Grossly inefficient and hydraulic motors don't
> like to spin very fast at all.
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but they do provide huge amounts of toque so gearing would be the only
major
stumbling block
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