Long range and safer electric vehicle configuration
OwnerJoseph Kejhainventor
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Abstract
An electric vehicle which carries at least two passengers, which has at least three wheels, said passengers sitting in tandem and most of the batteries or fuel cell systems are located on the sides of the passengers. The vehicle has an aerodynamically shaped body with substantially reduced frontal area and drag. The body is lightweight, made from shock absorbing materials and structures, and has pressure-airless tires, which enhances the safety of the passengers. The vehicle also includes an advanced electric hybrid propulsion system and various additional optional features and systems.
Claims12
Electric vehicle construction which includes a body for carrying at least two passengers, and an electric propulsion system with battery packs attached to said body, and which body rides on at least three wheels with a steering system attached to said body, and said body has substantially symmetrical shape, has imaginary longitudinal center line and line of symmetry, and said body includes upper and lower sides, a front and a rear, the improvement wherein
- said passengers are seated in a tandem configuration, substantially on said imaginary longitudinal center line and line of symmetry of said body, and said battery packs are removable and are located in compartments on each said lower side of said body, external to said passengers and lengthwise between said wheels.
Electric vehicle construction for carrying at least two passengers, which vehicle includes side windows, front and front top of the sides of the vehicle, wherein said passengers sit in a tandem configuration, said vehicle rides on at least three wheels and is provided with rear view mirrors which are recessed in said front top of the sides of said vehicle, and said mirrors are streamlined with said front of the vehicle and are outside of said side windows.
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