Patent ID: 7540346

Claim:
An automotive vehicle comprising: a vehicle body including a wheel unit; a power transmission system mounted in said vehicle body and connected to said wheel unit, said power transmission system including a power source for driving said wheel unit; an energy storage device mounted in said vehicle body and including a flywheel; a continuously variable transmission mounted in said vehicle body and interconnecting said power transmission system and said energy storage device; and an electronic control device connected among said power transmission system, said energy storage device and said continuously variable transmission; wherein, when said automotive vehicle decelerates, said electronic control device connects said flywheel to said power transmission system through said continuously variable transmission so as to allow conversion of the kinetic energy of said power transmission system into stored rotational energy of said flywheel; wherein, when said automotive vehicle accelerates and when said electronic control device is operated to connect said flywheel to said power transmission system through said continuously variable transmission, the stored rotational energy of said flywheel is converted into the kinetic energy of said power transmission system for driving said wheel unit; wherein, when said automotive vehicle accelerates and when said electronic control device is operated to disconnect said flywheel from said power transmission system through said continuously variable transmission, only said power source of said power transmission system drives said wheel unit.