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Originally Posted by TEG
Someone posted this link on the Tesla blog mentioning that Moller has been thinking about small rotary engine generators for hybrids. |
Moller!? It's the 21st Century, damn it. Where's my flying car? In June they announced they found a Romanian manufacturer for the Rotopac, but I remain skeptical.
Seriously, if I were betting on any type of combustion engine in the BlueStar, I'd bet on the DEKA Stirling. Kamen has a long history of bringing revolutionary products to market. He's already put a CNG powered Stirling in his own City Car and has made it public knowledge that he's in discussions with TH!NK about mass producing it for them.
Still, I'd rather put the Stirling in my tool shed and power the house and BlueStar with bio-waste and passive solar heat. But if a smaller battery and Stirling make the BlueStar a 'people's car', I say go for it.