Växẍ Säbbäth on Nostr: this is where turbine cars would really shine they used to make them, but the problem ...

this is where turbine cars would really shine

they used to make them, but the problem with a turbine is that it likes steady and continuous, and that's not the usual power requirements for an automobile

but if you had a combination battery/capacitor/turbine all-electric powertrain, with the right management intelligence built-in, you could have something that would fuelable with basically anything from propane to diesel, would be capable of standalone self-recharging, would have great range (full battery + full fuel tank), and would have all kinds of performance

the downside would be the weight, but I have to think that would be manageable, because you could (and would have to) put the battery deck on a diet to be able to fit the turbine