Comments by "n" (@user-pq4by2rq9y) on "Engineering Explained" channel.

  1. By the same reason nobody owns a miata
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  2. You could wear out the brakes sooner (the engine helps stop the car) plus the economy is too little to justify to not have the power where you may need it.
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  3. Would be nice to use those fake shifts to actively cool the motor. If anything, limiting the torque output of the engine should help with thermal build up as well, that’s important because magnets lose efficiency with heat.
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  4. ​​ @YourPalQWERTY  would love to see one of their engines on a small bike. Their prototype is almost nearly there.
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  5. Ford should sell powerwalls.
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  6. I want a turbo hydrogen engine
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  7. Passive charging isn't a bad idea even if you still have to charge once a month.
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  8. Just curious, why don’t eletric cars run on 2 batteries instead of one? You could keep the main battery healthy and cool while using a second specialized battery as a on-demand energy source. I ask this because i think that batteries are reaching their max energy storage capacity and we will have to be creative with its usage in order to get more.
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  9. Is there any viable green fuel or electricity is the only way? Electric cars are not cheap here.
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  10. ​ @frozen-curmudgeon it does not, the generator does.
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  11. ​​​​​ @DouglasLippi from what I see, the Volt generator is mechanically connected to the wheels, which shouldn't be the case of the R-ev. There are reasons for both. R-ev: you can better utilize a higher displacement engine Volt: you can avoid losses associated with energy conversion.
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  12. ​ @frozen-curmudgeon yeah but the momentum of the electric motor will keep power delivery fairly smooth
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  13. My guess: ultra lean hcci turbocharged free-piston engines. Basically a high efficiency combustion-based eletric generator. Timing isn't as much of a issue there because of the constant load and you can take out the whole unit and put a battery there once it becomes more viable because those engines are small and made with modularity in mind (at least that's the Toyota's approach).
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  14. I would like it if it somehow used the energy lost when braking to compress that air.
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  15. I understand why BMW is so confident on hydrogen. As long as you have electricity you can produce it and Germany has a bunch of wind turbines that produce a lot of electricity when demand is low. When you have a bunch of spare electricity that you are forced to sell at a loss you may as well use to produce hydrogen.
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  16. You know what would be cool? Having one of these motors combined with one of those 1.0 liter turbo engines to replace the first 3 gears with the clutch engaging at the 4th gear and beyond. The engine basically stays at idle working as a range extender until then. Good mix of fuel economy, torque and comfort for cities with increased responsiveness for roads. Might not be the fastest but it would be a nice option for my country, where conventional EVs are out of reach.
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  17. One complain that I have about EVs is I don’t get why we must plug a charger at home when we had trolleybuses figured out a century ago.
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  18. To be fair, Racing plug-in hybrids seems a lot of fun.
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  19. I feel like I want to see this in a rally setting.
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  20.  @romanmir01  some are aware of that, yes.
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  21. Rotary hybrid bikes.
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  22. Engine swap, do it
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  23. I want a electric motorcycle now
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  24. I am fine with fake transmissions if it helps me save money.
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