Manually operated electrical control and installation scheme for electric hybrid vehicles

A hybrid high gross weight vehicle comprising a manually-operable energy storage and reuse system, the high gross weight vehicle comprising a chassis, the chassis being supported by a propulsive mechanism, the chassis supporting an engine, the engine comprising an output shaft, a drive line transferring power from the output shaft to the propulsive mechanism, a power interrupting member being positioned between the output shaft and the drive line, a transmission having a transmission input shaft, the transmission input shaft being connected to the power interrupting member, the transmission also having a transmission output shaft, the transmission output shaft being connected to an electric machine, the electric machine being mounted to the chassis and being positioned between the transmission output shaft and an input shaft of a differential, an electric motor controller being electrically connected to the electric machine, the electric motor controller processing an output of the electric machine and transferring the output of the electric machine to an electric storage system and the electric motor controller processing an output of the electric storage system and transferring the output of the electric storage system to the electric machine, a manually operable user interface being operable to switch between transfer to the electric storage system and transfer from the electric storage system.