Steam powered cars in the 1970's

• Steam powered cars in the 1970's
  Posted by tenniV11 on 24 May, 2022 13:14
• 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
  
  https://psmag.com/environment/hybrid-cars-steam-smog-52567
  
  
  4 Cylinder motor 60 hp
  
  
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  Posted by skeptic49 on 24 May, 2022 16:48
• 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?
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  Posted by txlabman on 25 May, 2022 11:19
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  Very interesting.
  
  I learn something new every time I get on the Forum.
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  Posted by parallelmotion on 25 May, 2022 18:14
• 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.
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  Posted by Adirondack Jack on 07 Jun, 2022 12:39
• 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?
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