I’m all for an electrified future, but until battery weight-to-energy density improves, I believe we need efficient, blended solutions that get us to the future in practical steps. As I understand it, diesel generators run rather efficiently at a consistent RPM. Would a diesel generator powering a small battery bank be a better solution than all-electric on semi trucks?
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What you just described is a [Diesel-Electric Transmission](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel%E2%80%93electric_transmission).
It has a number of advantages, including a lot of torque, but efficiency isn’t a selling point of the system.
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