▲ 81 ▼ Australia: Undergrad develops cheap kit for hybrid electric vehicle conversion (www.dezeen.com) submitted 2 years ago by cyu@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.ml 6 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] mibzman@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) In the article it says there is a battery in the trunk powering the motors. The engine is not running when using the battery. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) but those are mechanically connected to the old motor. They would need to be replaced in order to work with a battery and that's not easy and not cheap because nobody can afford to lose power to the brake pump while in highway permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Moonrise2473@feddit.it 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) but those are mechanically connected to the old motor. They would need to be replaced in order to work with a battery and that's not easy and not cheap because nobody can afford to lose power to the brake pump while in highway permalink fedilink source parent