TRANSLOGIC 102: ALTe Plug-In Powertrain Conversion

Siemens has a semi like that BEST DOGS AROUND and more.

I don't see why no one, that I know of, has done to a semi-truck the same as with a locomotive? Have the engine run a dynamo and power the wheels electrically. This is the only thing beside forcing the auto makers to get better gas mileage from their vehicles that will really work. The vehicles on the road that are in good condition, no matter what year, should be retrofit with parts that will increase their mileage. Motor vehicles cost way too much and some of the huge profits can go to make the vehicles get 50 MPG, like it was possible to do, before the big oil companies and auto makers got together to drop MPGs and raise the cost of oil products.

Electric charging is less efficient than refining gasoline. I takes much more energy to convert fossil fuels to electric, then fossil fuels to gasoline.

again....they forget that this stuff plugs in to the power grid....and they insist on calling it a Green vehicle.....Obama will put coal power plants out of business, Nuclear is going nowhere...solar and windmills are a joke......where are they going to get the power to charge up millions of electric vehicles??? it's all an expensive dream...........

Green = Liberal.

Aren't these vehicles mostly plugged into a coal fired generating plant? And this makes sense how?

awesome idea!! I just don't like the China part, keep it all here in the US, and don't give anything to the Chinese!! I am super impressed that ALTe is useing the F150 an American truck as the test bed, I hope they make it in this bad economy!!

Next stop China.

Translogic is thinking outside the box and, hopefully, indicates the old Amnerican inovation and thinking. Looking forward to trheir reports and success.