Jaguar Land Rover
The marriage between turbines and cars for decades has been the dream of many engineers, but has never finished taking place, sometimes for the cost of the materials that compose them, sometimes by the lack of variability in the delivery system power, not to mention the difficulty of getting engine braking…
However, this is all about to change, is that the entry into the market for extended range electric hybrids will provide an opportunity for manufacturers of micro turbines put their little inventions to burning under the hood of many cars.
The yield per weight of a micro turbine and their energy efficiency at a constant rate and its ability to burn any liquid or gaseous fuel make it the perfect choice as a power generator “on board” for recharging batteries.
Many manufacturers think so, and among them we have Jaguar Land Rover, Which according to Autocar, is immersed in the development and industrialization of this solution (”hand in hand Lotus?) For its EV-ER. What you can say is that Tata JLR not before, and is investing money and means to convert its British luxury brands to avant-grade technological ecology.
We wonder when will this technology ready for release, but I personally do not think you take too long. 2012 date would seem to me a viable, and that is that the micro turbines are more than proven
.Tags: finished taking place, opportunity for manufacturers, range electric hybrids, technological ecology., turbines
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