Vehicle drive system with energy recovery system and vehicle mounting same

A kit for a drive system, the kit comprising:

• an at least one power storage device;
• at least one motor intermittently energized and de-energized through a control device;
• at least one weighted drive member coupled to the motor;
• an at least one energy recovery device returning energy to the at least one power storage device when the weighted drive member is moving;
• a drive unit intermittently coupled to said at least one weighted drive member such that the motor drives the at least one weighted drive member which in turn drives the drive unit when the drive unit is engaged and when the drive unit is disengaged from the weighted drive member the drive unit ceases to drive the vehicle but allows the weighted drive member to continue in an energized state and drive the energy recovery device.

A vehicle comprising:

• an at least one set of wheels;
• an at least one drive system for each of the corresponding at least one set of wheels, the drive system comprising;
• a first at least one power storage device;
• an at least one motor intermittently energized and de-energized through a control device;
• an at least one weighted drive member coupled to the motor;
• an at least one energy recovery device returning energy to the at least one power storage device when the weighted drive member is moving;
• a drive unit intermittently coupled to said at least one weighted drive member such that the motor drives the at least one weighted drive member which in turn drives the drive unit when the drive unit is engaged and, when the drive unit is disengaged from the weighted drive unit, ceases to drive the vehicle but allows the weighted drive member to continue in an energized state and drive the energy recovery device.