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Originally Posted by paulrstaylor
This is something was thinking about the other day, could the "jet" car finally come of age - small turbine driven generator (like an aircraft APU)?
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I was thinking of something simpler, no (or very few) moving parts.
Literally just a burner/heater surrounded by these
http://www.powerchips.gi/
This is the company behind Wheeltug which has already been introduced into some passenger planes so perhaps its not complete fiction.
Besides the concept is sound, satellites are powered in a similar way, plutonium providing the heat and using thermocouples to generate electricity. Perhaps these 'powerchips' are a more efficient version of thermocouples?