No, the US government said that if Chrysler wanted a loan to save it from bankruptcy it had to cut costs.
Turbines did end up in military vehicles but they were not Chrysler Turbines.
Lycoming Engines makes them.
In the 45 years since no other company has decided to put turbine engines in consumer cars cuz it's a terrible idea.
Turbines are best when operating at maximum power. Which is nowhere close to how most people drive.
They are really inefficient in start and stop traffic. They respond really slowly when accelerating and decelerating. Like wait two seconds after you hit the pedal. Their output is hot enough to melt the paint on the car behind you.
We don't have turbines in cars because they're not a good idea and inefficient
A couple companies tried turbines in buses, but I'm not sure they are still in business.
A new thing now is to use a micro turbine to power an electrical vehicle.
Or because they know it's off limits. Since every single big "business" in existence these days depends on continued credit and other forms of government largesse, they all know they'll never get the financing needed for this tech.
A new thing now is to use a micro turbine to power an electrical vehicle.
Electric cars have been around for more than a century. They would have had this idea in Lee Iacocca's time. But some ideas are simply un-financeable.
J.P. Morgan pulled the plug as soon as he realized there would be no way to monetize the tech.
JP Morgan isn't the real issue.
If what Tesla was proposing was technically feasible, it could be done by now. Sciences for has advanced far beyond where Tesla was back in his day.
It's not just the money.
The US government prevented Lee Iacocca from putting turbine engines in personal vehicles. The technology later wound up in military vehicles.
This is how they do.
No, the US government said that if Chrysler wanted a loan to save it from bankruptcy it had to cut costs.
Turbines did end up in military vehicles but they were not Chrysler Turbines.
Lycoming Engines makes them.
In the 45 years since no other company has decided to put turbine engines in consumer cars cuz it's a terrible idea.
Turbines are best when operating at maximum power. Which is nowhere close to how most people drive.
They are really inefficient in start and stop traffic. They respond really slowly when accelerating and decelerating. Like wait two seconds after you hit the pedal. Their output is hot enough to melt the paint on the car behind you.
We don't have turbines in cars because they're not a good idea and inefficient
A couple companies tried turbines in buses, but I'm not sure they are still in business.
A new thing now is to use a micro turbine to power an electrical vehicle.
Or because they know it's off limits. Since every single big "business" in existence these days depends on continued credit and other forms of government largesse, they all know they'll never get the financing needed for this tech.
Electric cars have been around for more than a century. They would have had this idea in Lee Iacocca's time. But some ideas are simply un-financeable.