Electric vehicle

[Hans Hintermaier]

> > Consider this, 4 off the shelf electric motors. Ridgidly mounted
> > to chassis and connected to the wheel via cv joints.  A battery
> > pack per current electric vehicle standards, and one off the shelf
> > small gas engine DC generators. I think you know where I'm going.
> > Generator is sized to propell the car at 55mph, stand alone.
> > Generator and battery pack combined might give you 0-60 in 3
> > seconds.  Of course, all of this would require micro-processor
> > control.  Ok experts, what are the real world physical limits?
> > 
> > Thanks, GMD

I heared about a hybrid city-bus study somewhere in germany, they 
used 16-phase (or so) AC-motors directly driving every wheel,
a magnetic loaded storage flywheel. A 70HP diesel drives a dynamo 
which drives the flywheel(or the flywheel direct?). Lots of electronics...
Who knows more about this project?
 I think it was named "Magnetmotor Bus"
Thanks
Hans
hiha@ brain.nefo.med.uni-muenchen.de
Munich / Germany