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Dean Kamen Combines Stirling Engine With Electric Car

Posted by timothy on Sunday November 9, 2008 @10:16AM from the is-there-anything-kamen-can't-do? dept.

Colin Smith writes "Dean Kamen, (inventor of the Segway) has combined a Stirling engine with a battery-powered electric vehicle based on the Ford Think to provide a fully decoupled electric hybrid car which can run on any fuel which can provide enough heat to run the Stirling generator. Think are also producing a purely battery 'Think City' car which is capable of 62mph and with a range of 126miles." Some stats on the Ford Think: Top speed, 55mph; 0-30, 6.5 seconds; Range, 60 miles on battery.

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Re:Couple of things bother me... by klaun · 2008-11-09 11:14 · Score: 0, Redundant

I(sic) takes a *tremendous* amount of design work to get an internal combustion engine to "burn clean" using a single fuel; making it a "universal fuel capable" and still "burn clean" will be impossible.
You realize that a Stirling engine is an external combustion engine, right?