Not at all... But it DOES seem like a vastly over complex solution... AND... As an adjunct to an infernal combustion engine it's not the answer we're supposed to be seeking. no?
It's just a shame that I/C engines are becoming so efficient now so close to their demise.. (IMHO)
I hear you. I never meant it was the ‘answer’. I only used it to show what thinking outside the box can create.
I am a proponent of EVs. The IC engine will soon be confined to museums and garages/sheds of people like us. I don’t want to hear about battery capacity and size, lack of infrastructure and so on. In the early 1990s the cell phone battery was the size of a brick. Also, if you ventured outside of a metro area you would have no signal