1993 Update:Dave Arthurs' Amazing Hybrid Electric Car
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1993 Update:Dave Arthurs' Amazing Hybrid Electric Car
http://www.motherearthnews.com/Green...ctric-Car.aspx
We often forget that sometimes KISS work.
Bob Wilson
Alternative-energy vehicles have been motoring through the pages of MOTHER since 1970. Our response to the energy crisis at that time took the form of a number of investigations into alcohol, ethanol, gasohol, and ultra-efficient diesel engines. But in 1979, Dave Arthurs, then of Springdale, Arkansas, came upon a design combining electric and gas engine formats that made even the billion dollar development efforts in Detroit seem like a waste of time.
Using parts that he had purchased for under $1,500, Dave designed and built an engine system for his Opel GT that could propel the car 75 miles or more on a single gallon of gas! Dave's Opel was a
hybrid
. . .
Using parts that he had purchased for under $1,500, Dave designed and built an engine system for his Opel GT that could propel the car 75 miles or more on a single gallon of gas! Dave's Opel was a
hybrid
. . .
Bob Wilson
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