Hybrid GX

[subarursliberty]

How would I go about making a GX into a hybrid like the Prius. All this talk about cooling the glob has got me going and being in the building industry and seeing it change quickly means something is up. Call me a hippy but hey.

[vincentvega]

I really should have done something like this already, but its just not cost effective as once you buy the engines, batteries etc you are still way behind cost wise.

Also i wouldnt be doing a GX, do something lighter like a sherpa or a brumby. I reckon I will be driving an electric brumby one day but at the moment the equipment is just too expensive

[waggaclint]

im subaru will make one soon hey everybody else seems to be going that way....i see the new impreza coming out later this year is ment to have a diesel as an option and i supose the forcoming forester next year will have it too.........

[PeeJay]

I thought about it for a while once....

Then I decided building an ethanol plant is easier....

But my background is electronics not chemistry so I didn't do that either....

[vidler]

i have an ethanol plant.... hahaha. generally turn it into the drinkable variety though... not for running my car

[mroberts]

I would tie into the rear wheels. Is it a transfer case or AWD ?

It seems like it should be fairly easy to add an electric motor / generator to the rear diff so you run petrol up front, and electric at the rear. High speed capability is probably not going to be an issue, since most of the gains on hybrids come from accelerating from low speed.

[Subaman]

Ha ha Vidler, I think I have the same sort of ethonol plant too

[Suby Wan Kenobi]

As already said i would go for the lightest body to start with, and have a mix of batteries and Capacitors to keep the wieght as low as possible.