A multimodal passenger transportation apparatus having a passenger electric, combustion or hybrid electric/combustion vehicle. Encased within the passenger vehicle (main vehicle) is another smaller vehicle (micro-vehicle) that can be driven by an electric motor. The micro-vehicle can be secured in the main vehicle for travel and detached for autonomous use. The micro-vehicle contains within itself a part of the main vehicle's battery that can be used to power its electric engine and can be charged independently. Once charged, the micro-vehicle can be reinserted back into the main vehicle, at which point both batteries work as one powering the main vehicle's engine. The battery packs are managed by a software system that allows energy to be allocated towards one vehicle's pack or the other, as desired. The micro-vehicle addresses a problem of lack of charging points near high density living areas, where people with no building parking areas have no access to charge his/her own vehicle from home or if no outside parking area has charging point.
Combined Removable and Fixed Batteries in Powered Urban Mobility
2021-06-17
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
IPC: | B60L PROPULSION OF ELECTRICALLY-PROPELLED VEHICLES , Antrieb von elektrisch angetriebenen Fahrzeugen / B60P Fahrzeuge zum Transport von Lasten oder zum Befördern, Tragen oder Aufnehmen besonderer Lasten oder Gegenstände , VEHICLES ADAPTED FOR LOAD TRANSPORTATION OR TO TRANSPORT, TO CARRY, OR TO COMPRISE SPECIAL LOADS OR OBJECTS / G07C TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS , Zeit- oder Anwesenheitskontrollgeräte |