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Do it yourself hybrid/electric?

hey there,

i remember watching history channel a month or so ago about environmental tech...they got to Electric Cars and showed some homemade ones...one guy had 20+ batterys (dunno if they were 'car' batteries, but they were same sized.) and hooked them to an electric motor and it worked great...he had a homemade charger that charged his car in 5-8 hours....his car could zip too...I just want to know more about it and im sure with that idea you can make a hybrid with less batteries to acheive 40+mpg....

iv googled for info but all i get is really crummy sites
anyone know of any good ones for LOTS of info?

Sounds pretty involved. Maybe you could do something simpler like taking out the alternator out of your car, putting a few high efficiency batteries in the boot (or trunk) and putting it on charge every night. The alternator uses a lot of power, so you might get an extra mile or two per gallon that way.

I've looked into replacing a car motor with a light weight electric motor and they're quite expensive - probably more than the rest of the car. You'd have to source the motor from a scrap yard to make it cost effective.

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