Making a hybrid would be a bit more in depth I don't know if anyone has done it, but I haven't read up on it much in years. Was considering trying to make one for my 4.2L M119 V8 in my '97 Benz so I could manual swap it, but ended up selling it. Too many electronic headaches outside the engine bay to deal with, even back then for Mercedes. US cars had barely adopted OBD2 at that time...
Anyways, you would need to make an auxillary computer that can read the data needed to know if it should use electric or IC power at any given time, or both. It would require control of your fly by wire throttle, but a backup circuit to bypass it straight to the Megasquirt would be good insurance in case the electric part goes down it's not dead in the water. Things it would need to know are probably battery charge, current fuel consumption and load of the IC engine, and some sort of targets to hit to maximize mpg while not letting the battery get too low . Speaking of which, you also need to trigger regenerative braking so you can recharge.
But if someone figures it out and shares then it could be easier for everyone else.
Wait, are you still talking about the diesel-electric hybrid idea? I feel like something like an F-150 lightning with a modified frunk to house a smallish RV diesel or propane generator set to spin at several optimally tuned RPM steps would get you pretty darn close. All the regen shit is already baked in, you just then need to override the no-charging-while-moving thing and plumb in a fuel tank, engine mounts, oil pan and radiator and exhaust. And Also the auxiliary computer control system you mentioned. That should be fairly trivial to code up with an rpi or arduino. But doing something more sedan-like I guess you're be better of just getting a prius type thing or a Volt type thing... no diesel, but shit... fuckin' EPA.
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Making a hybrid would be a bit more in depth I don't know if anyone has done it, but I haven't read up on it much in years. Was considering trying to make one for my 4.2L M119 V8 in my '97 Benz so I could manual swap it, but ended up selling it. Too many electronic headaches outside the engine bay to deal with, even back then for Mercedes. US cars had barely adopted OBD2 at that time...
Anyways, you would need to make an auxillary computer that can read the data needed to know if it should use electric or IC power at any given time, or both. It would require control of your fly by wire throttle, but a backup circuit to bypass it straight to the Megasquirt would be good insurance in case the electric part goes down it's not dead in the water. Things it would need to know are probably battery charge, current fuel consumption and load of the IC engine, and some sort of targets to hit to maximize mpg while not letting the battery get too low . Speaking of which, you also need to trigger regenerative braking so you can recharge.
But if someone figures it out and shares then it could be easier for everyone else.
Wait, are you still talking about the diesel-electric hybrid idea? I feel like something like an F-150 lightning with a modified frunk to house a smallish RV diesel or propane generator set to spin at several optimally tuned RPM steps would get you pretty darn close. All the regen shit is already baked in, you just then need to override the no-charging-while-moving thing and plumb in a fuel tank, engine mounts, oil pan and radiator and exhaust. And Also the auxiliary computer control system you mentioned. That should be fairly trivial to code up with an rpi or arduino. But doing something more sedan-like I guess you're be better of just getting a prius type thing or a Volt type thing... no diesel, but shit... fuckin' EPA.
That's a good idea. Yea I never tried the hybrid thing just spit balling theories.