Show POWER FROM GASOLINE OR electricity 0 VEHICLE USES GASOLINE OR electricity A vehicle propelled by a gasoline notor an electric motor or cr both at the mine time appeared ripp eared recently the lew car is said to be the beginning of a new era cra in motor construction the power plant of the car consists of a small four cylinder calinder gasoline motor moter and an electric motor generator combined into one unit the movement of a finger lever ever on the hie steering wheel connects the gasoline motor to the clec tiie generator ii cranks crank s the en engine chic power Is transmitted through the armature shaft of the electric me motor moter and propeller shaft direct dirce t to the rear axle ther are two levers on th alie a steering Nh wheel eel corresponding to the spark and throttle on the ordinary car one controls the ilie speed of the gasoline motor an and d the other the electric motor at any adNan advanced ced position of tile the electric lover lever the first movement of tile gasoline iper cr starts the gasoline motor As the lever is moved forward it 1 causes tile the car to be operated more and inoru on oil the gasoline at a certain point it will run as a ti straight gasoline car neither charging nor discharging the battery further advance uses tho the excess power to charge the battery using both motors the carvall car will develop a speed of 10 miles an hour the points of the car are arc described in tills this way it may run as an electric with any of tile advantages possessed by tin an electric it may travel as a straight gas gaa car it may travel on both gasoline find and electric power at the same time with the same simplicity y of operation the gas engine charges the battery the car has all the luxuriousness of the higher lii glicr class cars winch which have been produced for years and looks like a gasoline car it has no transmission there is no shifting of gears and the clutch Is operated by electr electricity icicy the mal makers ers say it will ill travel through mud |