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Originally Posted by Old Tele man
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I went to Detroit in 2006 to meet with some people at Ricardo and Next Energy. I had just built my demonstration model for my IVT. Brian Waddington, from Next Energy went with me to Ricardo where they basically told me they were not prepared to consider a in wheel hydraulic IVT. Mr. Waddington said my presentation was one of the best he had ever seen, then two weeks later he went to a new job at an investment bank in New England and I lost my best contact in Detroit.
I have some of the 2006 EPA documents and one of them was basically a plea for a new "clean sheet of paper design" for a hydraulic pump to replace the bent axes pump they were using in their vehicles at that time.
The model I carried with me to Detroit in June 2006 was 3 months old when I went there in 06. I had just reversed the cylinders and pistons and realized the potential of the design. The photo attached is one of the graphs from their 06 documents. I still have it 6 years later. It projects 58 MPG EPA combined for a class 2b commercial truck.
regards
Mech