Patent ID: 8033351

Claim:
A thermo-electric vehicle powering system comprising: a thermal energy storage section; means for performing a controlled transfer of the thermal energy from the thermal energy storage section to a heat energy converter section; a heat energy converter section comprising a heat engine that converts thermal energy into electrical energy; an electric energy storage section that stores the electrical energy output by the heat energy converter section; a set of electric motors powered by the energy supplied by the electric energy storage section and driving the wheels of the vehicle; a set of sensors that continually monitor the charge status of the electric energy storage section; a programmable regulator for efficient electric power consumption and generation, that receives information from said set of sensors and, whenever the charging level of said electric energy storage section falls under a previously set limit value, activates said means for performing a controlled transfer to convert thermal energy into electrical energy for replenishing the electric energy storage section wherein the thermal energy storage section comprises a sealed, non-pressurized, thermal insulated container filled with a thermal energy storing material that can be heated from an external source or replaced by another load.