Patent ID: 9718341
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B60K,B60L,B60R,B60Y,B62D,F03D,Y02T

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a power system comprising at least one air and at least one electric motor in communication with each wheel axle, said power system being configured as a power train, wherein each of said motors is configured to transmit power to its associated wheel; a heat exchanger to heat expanding air, said heat exchanger being configured to be operable to substantially evenly distribute said heated air to actuate at least one pneumatic motor associated with four wheels of a vehicle; at least one air tank, said at least one air tank being substantially sufficiently covered by tank heat trace lines so as to maintain a desired level of tank heat; a regeneration brake mechanism configured to actuate four electric motors to convert mechanical braking energy into electricity for recharging batteries and/or directly transferred into said heat exchanger as needed; and, a two turbine/expansion cascaded system integrated with interstage reheaters to increase power to air motors and electrical regeneration.