Audi’s e-Tron became the first hybrid to win Le Mans, and saves the planet at the same time. Developing highly effective flywheel technology, Audi engineers may have created an excellent alternative to lugging a lot of heavy batteries around. Toyota also had 2 entries with electric hybrid systems that are capacitor based. One of them [...]
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During 2011 we completed a conversion from “brushed” to high tech ”brushless” electric motors at the heart of our systems. The performance difference is not significant but the new motors are spark-free, an important safety feature. They are actually highly efficient 3-phase AC motors with an automatic current switch from the DC battery bank happening automatically in the systems’ sophisticated motor controller. The difference in cost [...]
At the Annapolis Boat Show 2010, we introduced the Weekender Hybrid Add-on to serve a specific market: It’s for those of you who’s diesel won’t die and /or you need to be able to cover substantial distances and still be at work Monday morning, or maybe you just feel naked with batteries alone? We have your answer! We now [...]
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