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Originally Posted by dcb
dude, you gotta get that thing running on gas or some kind of fuel first. And CVTs are not in the "most efficient transmission" column.
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Dude!
I went through all the blarney and preconceived notions with the DOE 4 years ago when they made a blank statement about efficiency of rotary engines. Maybe they were referring to a Wankel, who knows?
I decided to pursue the transmission configuration. Back then Infinitely Variable Transmissions were practically unknown.
After confirmation of the design by Va Tech as well as many other Engineers who looked at the design objectively and found multiple benefits, including a ridiculous simplicity compared to any conventional power train, I was informed by a group of PHD students (all veterans) at George Mason University, west of DC, as to how to progress effectively.
1. Patent-done
2. A Virginia Corporation with a Dunn % Bradstreet number, for applications for Gov't grants-done
3. Functional prototype that passes stage 6 of operation for Military consideration.
#3 should be done by my 60th birthday in November, with a street legal functional vehicle to demonstrate wheel to wheel regenerative efficiencies, that we hope exceed 80%, could reach 90%, which beats electric regeneration by at the very least 100%.
Got any constructive suggestions I am all ears
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regards
Mech