Building a diesel electric car...maby

[NapaBavarian]

Hokay I've had this one on my mind for a while, something to be different ( as if I need more ) and be able to drive arround a bit more than I can right now, besides, I might need to move an hour away too BFE in a year or so, so, I'm back to thisidea, and I wasn't thinking of using an SVX, I have a 2 door mini Cherokee, a 2 door full size Cherokee, a VW GTI, get a Legacy Outback (or use my old legacy if I can afford the fees ), perhaps a Vanagon, or (my favorite other than an SVX) an e36 BMW...maby an e28 or an e30, finally, perhaps a full size short bed pickup or Bronco, choice depends largely on final use.

Here is the trouble, full electric dosn't have a good (actually quite bad for my use) cost/benifit ratio, and I can easily top $600/month fuel, so if I move this could really help out, besides being cool, and blowing that silly 35mpg regulation out of the water!

I have found websites devoted to building an electric car, but I'm still trying to figure out how the diesel driven generator would fit into this whole equation, and then I'll need to properly size it to assist the batteries, help charge them, and likley run whenever I drive up hill.

The good news is that I can use the engine at peak effiency at all times, now I gotta make it work