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Title: Re: Steam powered cars in the 1970's
Post by: Adirondack Jack on June 07, 2022, 12:39:24 pm

Take your Tesla to Iceland, where most or all electricity is from geothermal wells (STEAM TURBINE generators), there’s your steam/electric hybrid system.

I can’t see how you could ever overcome warm up times and losses in multiple conversions to make a steam electric self contained system work.  Maybe for a bus or garbage truck run round the clock it could work?

Title: Re: Steam powered cars in the 1970's
Post by: parallelmotion on May 25, 2022, 06:14:17 pm

A couple of the largest auto companies in Detroit also experimented heavily with stirling engine-powered vehicles in the 70s and 80s, but cheap gasoline ended those efforts.

Title: Re: Steam powered cars in the 1970's
Post by: txlabman on May 25, 2022, 11:19:58 am

Very interesting.

I learn something new every time I get on the Forum.

Title: Re: Steam powered cars in the 1970's
Post by: skeptic49 on May 24, 2022, 04:48:09 pm

Very interesting, Arnold. Too bad that the fuel for the external combustion engine doomed the steam car of the 1970s. I wonder if a workable electric powered steam car could be engineered today?

Title: Steam powered cars in the 1970's
Post by: tenniV11 on May 24, 2022, 01:14:49 pm

I did not know that there was a Company in San Diego California
that has build steam powered Cars and Bus - this is maybe from interest
Arnold :o

https://psmag.com/environment/hybrid-cars-steam-smog-52567


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