Mileage Quest

Cool news from Lincvolt! Out with the rotary and in with a Capstone micro-turbine. I'm thrilled to hear this. I was a little critical of the rotary (my son had one... PIA). Cool engine and all but I was never too keen about it in this application. And let's face it, a turbine is multi-fuel and is going to sound way cool. Anyway, check the latest Lincvolt Gazette for the news and a hint of more live video feeds on the horizon. Man, I want a micro-turbine.

"After 2 years working on a Rotary solution, we have elected to change direction and move up to a micro turbine. The Capstone 30 KW Micro Turbine is a clean and efficient solution to our needs that will yield reliability and the future promise of better fuel efficiency than the rotary.

One big reason we decided to lose the single rotor rotary is noise. It is an obnoxious sounding engine. Single rotor engines have been in use on aircraft for a long time and the efficiency and reliability had proven to be very good. The noise was another matter. No matter what solutions we tried, we could not get rid of that sound. For Lincvolt, the quiet running UQM 150 KW electric traction motor is a joy, but when the rotary came on to turn the UQM 75 KW generator it was truly the opposite! We found it unacceptable.

On the other hand, the Micro Turbine has a futuristic Jet engine sound that is vibration free and pleasant to hear, running at such high RPMs that the sound it makes is mostly out of human hearing range. The emissions from the turbine are lower than any other option we have seen and we are well below all of the emissions standards. The Capstone Micro Turbine is clean and mean, sounding much like the Batmobile, a sound which is completely harmonious with the post modern lines of Lincvolt."