Talk:Gas-au-lec

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The Gas-Au-Lec is a very significant car. The article really doesn't get at the tremendous innovation. The GAL did not have a transmission. Transmissions were and are very heavy and very complex devices. The GAL drove the vehicle with a mechanical connection between the engine and wheel - up to a certain speed. Then, the driver could disconnect the mechanical connection and the engine powered an electric generator which produced electricty which operated an electric motor which powered the wheels. At high speeds when the electric drive train was used, it was the same setup that powers "modern" US railroad diesel locomotives. US railroads are really not modern. Modern railroads use electric power such as almost every other first-world country. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.125.7.132 (talk) 15:24, 12 February 2014 (UTC)