Originally posted by hotrodgirl
Hey, I don't have money burning in my pocket and running out swiping my card at the next new gadget. I haven't purchased one of these but very interested in the technology because Electrically it makes a lot of sense.
It isn't about HP...it's about torque...Torque is what launches your car and gets it off the line. The more torque you have the harder the car launches. HP is for your speed at the end.
I just find it hard to believe that this electric motor can provide a sufficient amount of torque to the crank shaft to produce the claims made in the article. Aren't most Electric over Gas vehicles an either or set-up. That is one or the other is running but not both at the same time? Seems to me the faster the electric motor runs the less torque it would provide to the gas motor? In the "Hybrid" cars the electric side is only used to cruise and the gas does the "Power" work like acceleration? Correct me if I'm wrong.