I could see how it could benefit certian classes of commercial trucks,heavy equitment;ect!but what about passanger cars though?
it can be ran on bio diesel and with electric thats one hell of a clean running car
Diesels can be cleaner than gas engines, so that's one reason. Diesel fuel can be cheaper than gas too, though sometimes it isn't.
The same purpose of having a hybrid gasoline car. Bragging rights, feeling good, being green, and helping to solve a non-existent problem with so called green house gasses.
well look at ethanol for instance it damages fiberglass plugs the fuel system over time many in the marine world have allready had the issue with ethanol being added to diesel. hybrids have no true savings. a good tuneup and remapping of the ineffecient computer a cold air intake good flowing exhuast and proper tire inflation per tire manufacturer not vehicle manufacturer can make any gas vehicle far more effieceint
Diesel -electric has long been used in trains, buses, ships, mine equipment. Diesel has 30% more energy per gallon over gasoline. Diesel is a by-product that is refined from trying to make gas from crude oil. Diesel can also be made from soy beans, coal oil, vegtable oils, used cooking oils. The new Blue tec diesel engines exhaust is even cleaner then the air that went into the air filter--(cleans the air as you drive). Diesel doesn't evaporate ,. The old vw rabbits use to get 48 mpg highway---that was 24 years ago, diesel engines have gotten cleaner and more powerful for their size. Generators normally never go above 3600 rpms. So the idea of a engine that has so many ways to make the fuel, fuel that has more energy per gallon, cleans the air as it drives, the engine has plenty of torque for it's size and weight---just makes scents to me that it would make a good hybrid
