I appreciate the reply but I was not thinking of the turbine being the direct drive train for the car. I was wondering if a small turbine would be a better generator of electricity than an internal combustion engine. My thought was to use it in an extended range electric car. The turbine would...
Thank you for your reply. I was always under the impression that once you had a turbine spun up and running at steady rpm that they were very efficient source of power. I appreciate the explanation.
What about using a small turbine set at a constant speed as a generator and the propulsion of the car was done by electric motors. Like the Chevy Volt only a small turbine would be way more efficient than a piston engine.