a 1% reduction in fuel and power consumption
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UK firm's 98% efficient hybrid motor delivers record performance
Submitted 2 weeks ago by supersquirrel@sopuli.xyz to physics@mander.xyz
https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/uk-firm-efficient-hybrid-transmission-motor
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rimu@piefed.social 2 weeks ago
madnificent@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
If these motors are also light, then they could be interesting for motorcycles or other light vehicles. Less losses means less cooling is necessary which may mean no external cooling system has to be fitted lowering complexity and weight.
wizzor@sopuli.xyz 2 weeks ago
To be clear, this doesn’t make a hybrid 98% efficient.
The problem with hybrid cars isn’t really the 2% loss in the electric part. It’s not even the complexity of combining two motors and a generator in a single drive train. It’s not even the staggeringly shitty 40-50% efficiency, it’s the whole guzzling dinosaur juice thing.