Posted on 04/29/2016 10:51:22 AM PDT by DJ Taylor
That was my take, and I think it’s what the Fisker Karma uses for its technology. Very similar to diesel-electric.
You take an engine and optimize it for electrical generation, then everything in the car uses that electricity. Add regenerative braking and perhaps a capacitor similar to Mazda’s I-ELOOP technology to cover conditions where a surge of power is needed.
Wheels could be directly driven by electric motors, all computer controlled.
https://www.facebook.com/Aquarius-Motors-124458577653486/
http://www.aquariusengines.com/
Looks like it’s a little undercapitalized, there are pages for betting your hard-earned money though.
About 30 years ago, Smokey Yunick was developing his adiabatic engine, which would make even more sense now, given the strides in materials science since then.
What Ever Happened To Smokey’s Hot-Vapor Engine?
http://www.hotrod.com/how-to/engine/hrdp-1009-what-ever-happened-to-smokeys-hot-vapor-engine/
some more Smokey:
http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2014/04/29/another-look-at-smokey-yunicks-capsule-car/
http://www.macsmotorcitygarage.com/2013/07/28/another-look-at-smokey-yunicks-reverse-torque-special/
True, except that automobiles need to accelerate relatively quickly, which means batteries, transmissions, or operating outside of max efficiency, or both.
I’m just saying that thing is BS. It looks like an xbox or something.
The arabs have also designed an ultra efficient car that runs on camel and goat dung
:’) This article sez diesel, maybe they did it twice?
Top Gear Builds a Volt of Its Own
http://www.wired.com/2009/11/top-gear-builds-a-volt-of-its-own/
Yuh, I think so.
Aquarius Energy Generation appears to be one venture of something else, called "The Value Makers," which is some sort of one-stop-shop venture capital/development incubator/intellectual property generator founded by Gal Fridman, the guy in the blue shirt sitting next to Maya the Cute MBA.
The closer I look, the more cynical I get.
I built an engine a few years back that used two weed eater cylinder / pistons on opposite ends, pushing a cylindrical magnet back and forth through a coil.
It was a two stroke of course. one piston would fire, driving the magnet (through a coil like one of those flashlights that you shake) and the other piston to the other end, where it would file and the process would continue...
It actually ran pretty good.
Electric cars day trip, part 1/2 (Series 17, Episode 6)
http://www.topgear.com/videos/jeremy-clarkson/electric-cars-day-trip-part-12-series-17-episode-6
Electric cars day trip, part 2/2 (Series 17, Episode 6)
http://www.topgear.com/videos/jeremy-clarkson/electric-cars-day-trip-part-22-series-17-episode-6
sidebar:
Tesla’s P85D is the best car Consumer Reports has ever tested
http://www.cnbc.com/2015/08/27/teslas-p85d-is-the-best-car-consumer-reports-has-ever-tested.html
That’s the EV in question. Diesel, gasoline, I remembered pretty good for me. That would have made it more efficient, both at fuel economy and noxious fumes. :)
Ah. Aquarius Motors is not located in Israel, it’s located in Durban, South Africa.
Hey, when ya ride with the Top Gear guys, there’s a particle of risk. ;’)
Must be the dawning of the age of the Fifth Dimension. ;’)
I can only imagine the waivers those guys have to sign.
The “Aquarius Engines” that you reference in your second link is located in Durban.
Aquarius Energy Generation, which is the subject of this discussion thread, is located in Israel.
It is a startup, having raised about $2.5M in a seed round against a $7.5M valuation. They have two major investors.
That’s along the lines of what I had envisioned.
Explanation is lousy. More information needed on how it works. Burns gasoline. Moves cylinder horizontally. (does it keep going indefinitely or does it move back?) how does horizontal movement turn generator? Generator powers battery? Generator powers electric engine?
How about an explanation that actually tells us how the engine works?
I've long thought that a good diesel electric drive would be great to use in automobiles. A good diesel will last pretty much forever. If the thing is running at optimal output all the time that it is on, it seems like it would be a real win. The big problem is conversion losses. Every time you convert energy from one form to another, you lose some. Thermodynamics simply won't allow anything else.
... and it still smells better than the arabs in the car!
Thanks.
Aquarius Engines - Energy Generation
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/aquarius-engines-energy-generation
Revving Up in Rosh Ha’ayin for the Age of Aquarius
http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/business/.premium-1.696653
Looks like a high dollar one burner camp stove to me.
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