A hybrid KIT to hit the market?

[sparky]

Just stumbled upon this at Staton's site yesterday....

COOL!! I can't wait 'til someone reviews it.

 

[SimpleSimon]

I like the looks of that, but I don't see the need. I've concluded that for powering my tadpole I'll go with a Currie type drive on each front wheel, powered by a small portable generator driven by a 2 stroke (perhaps 4 stroke) engine, a single deep cycle battery for load smoothing.

Put 350 watts of power on each front wheel, set up to freewhel when not in use, and go with a Shimano multi-speed hub at the rear, driven conventionally. The really lovely part of doing the system I envision is when I need silent running, I can shut down the generator. Until I can afford that, I'll be pedalling.

 

[SirJakesus]

I like the looks of that, but I don't see the need. I've concluded that for powering my tadpole I'll go with a Currie type drive on each front wheel, powered by a small portable generator driven by a 2 stroke (perhaps 4 stroke) engine, a single deep cycle battery for load smoothing.

Put 350 watts of power on each front wheel, set up to freewhel when not in use, and go with a Shimano multi-speed hub at the rear, driven conventionally. The really lovely part of doing the system I envision is when I need silent running, I can shut down the generator. Until I can afford that, I'll be pedalling.

Well, a dual currie system is going to be fairly complex to install and manage. With the setup shown there the engine and motor work together to be a complete system without the inefficiencies of converting gas to electric to mechanical power again. In this system you could use the gas only, electric only or a combination of the two and drive them through a nuvinci hub for a wide range of gearing on the pedals and engine power. When the engine is running and the electric motor is not it acts as a generator and keeps your batteries topped up. It seems like it'll be killer for sure, and if it's made by staton you can count on it being durable as heck.

 

[graucho]

Thats so cool! After taking my 110 mile trip (6hrs straight) running my little workhorse Subaru EH035 Im going to stick with my stock set up with a larger fuel tank. This engine is so reliable for me and not to mention 174 mpg I cant justify the $ upgrade. But I do love the dual technology set up. I also like how they mention this will also be used for small Hybrids Vehicles, trikes, four wheelers and Bicycles depending on the design.

 

[duivendyk]

This is going to be extremely heavy, expensive, complicated and rather inefficient.

 

[lennyharp]

Graucho,

I am interested in doing some 100 mile plus trips. Maybe you can start another thread telling about your long run.!. Thanks.