Date:         Tue, 28 Aug 2001 07:39:33 -0400
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Sudhir Desai <desa4622@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      NEED HELP!! <-- hybridizing my vanagon
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I have yet again succumbed to the temptations of trying to do what has not
been done very often, and hopefully will be done with gleefull abandonment
in the future.

I am going to "put" a small diesel engine (or maybe just a harley big v) in
the van mate it to a generator and an electric motor and "make" a
split-drive type hybrid vehicle.

for more info about the sort of drivetrain i am leaning toward, please
visit the following websites:

www.powertrain.se


mae.ucdavis.edu/~futurcar/Coulomb/


the only difference would be the batteries would be constantly recharging
as in the first websites design.

oh well, it is really early in the morning, and i should be goin to bed
shortly, but if any of you dudes/dudettes have any info, money, people that
i should talk to, money,..... j/k

any help would be greatly appreciated.

thanks,
-sudhir

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