Robert pointed out on page one of the thread that the ICE would run more efficiently at optimal load and thus offset the loss of conversion chemical(gasoline)-kinetic(gasoline engine)-chemical(battery)-kinetic(electric motor).

The average efficiency of running gasoline engine is ~ 20% ( http://courses.washington.edu/me341/oct22v2.htm ), and the average efficiency of idling gasoline engine is 0%, while the average efficiency of an electric engine is with enough power output that sufficient to move a car quickly should be somewhere between 90%-95% ( http://www1.eere.energy.gov/industry/bestpractices/pdfs/mc-0382.pdf ). So power losses due to transformation of energy would be offset by gasoline engine running at optimal rpms.

Also if GM used diesel engine instead of gasoline they could've achieved efficiency of ICE up to 55% ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_engine#Power_and_fuel_economy )

There not all that delicious. These are tarballs for opensource utilities you can download from anywhere you want. The really intereting bits - like the actual player software weren't published. Lame.

Ruggerized laptop preloaded with Vista. Oh, that just too good.