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Originally Posted by a8ksh4
I've been mulling over ideas for how the average DIY'er could convert a RWD vehicle to hybrid w/o too much trouble.
It shouldn't be too difficult to put something between the transmission and front of the driveline, be it a motor, pump, etc. that would recover braking energy.
* Oil pump and pressure tank
* DC generator/motor & batteries
* Flywheel (maybe using a hybrid car cvt transmission to engage/for gearing)
* Big frikin coil spring that winds up
Has anyone on here done an oil pressure/pump hybrid, like what UPS/Fedex were starting to do with some of their trucks a couple years ago?
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To the OP, sorry I did not follow this thread more closely. Hydraulic pump motor mounted to the differential. Charge the accumulater when you need to slow down, reuse that energy for future acceleration.
US 7677208, my patend for adrive that would replace the wheel-hub assembly and directly drive the wheel, eleminating the differential.
regen efficiency three times an electric system efficiency, above 83% wheel to wheel.
http://www.google.com/patents/US7677208
regards
mech