I'm not going to call shenanigans on this quite yet... but 5 mph wind for 5 minutes = 3.5 hours of run time? That sounds insane...
If it is really that efficient, than this next idea isn't really useful... but if that windmill was connected to a capacitor... it could be ready to charge the car at a later time even if there was no wind.
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I'm not going to call shenanigans on this quite yet... but 5 mph wind for 5 minutes = 3.5 hours of run time? That sounds insane...
If it is really that efficient, than this next idea isn't really useful... but if that windmill was connected to a capacitor... it could be ready to charge the car at a later time even if there was no wind.
Thoughts?