[ausev] Looking for terminology

[Gil Dawson]

>This Wikipedia article talks about hybrid types. 
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Series_hybrid#Series_hybrid

It does, but it kinda soft-pedals the Prius's way of doing things. 
It may be out of line moneywise for the individual conversion, but 
the technology is interesting.  Here's a pretty good explanation:

   http://prius.ecrostech.com/original/Understanding/PowerSplitDevice.htm

>The Rav4EV had a smal trailer that held a generator that was used to 
>charge and thus extend the range.

You're probably thinking of the T-Zero.  Some people were talking 
about buying a T-Zero trailer and modifying it to fit a RAV4.  I 
don't think anyone ever did that.  There's a photo of a T-Zero with 
its range-extending trailer attached on the following web page:

      http://www.acpropulsion.com/vehicles/all.htm

That trailer had steerable wheels controlled by a computer that 
sensed the position of the front wheels and did the right thing, 
whatever that is.  They had movies on the web of a T-Zero with its 
trailer driving backwards through a slalom of pylons and another of 
the whole rig parallel parking, but I can't find them now.  A really 
great idea, and these guys are still around.

--Gil