Patent ID: 8167772

Claim:
A method for adapting a conventional gasoline-powered vehicle to permit the vehicle to be powered via a roadway-embedded conductor comprising: mechanically coupling a first clutch between an internal combustion engine of the vehicle and a drive train of the vehicle, the first clutch configured to engage the internal combustion engine with the drive train during a first mode of operation and disengage the internal combustion engine from the drive train during a second mode of operation; mechanically coupling a second clutch to the drive train; mechanically coupling an electric motor to the second clutch, the second clutch configured to engage the electric motor with the drive train during the second mode of operation and disengage the electric motor from the drive train during the first mode of operation; and electrically coupling the electric motor to at least one of: a powering assembly configured to transfer at least a portion of electrical energy from a roadway-embedded conductor, the electrical energy in the form of at least one of a magnetically-induced electric current and an electrically-conducted current; and an energy storage device configured to convert at least a portion of the electrical energy transferred by the powering assembly into stored potential energy.