Patent ID: 6945345

Claim:
A hybrid electric vehicle comprising an alternating current to direct current converter for producing and storing a direct current voltage in a direct current voltage storage device prior to starting of a hybrid electric vehicle; a fuel converter for receiving a composition fuel in a first state and converting said composition fuel into a combustible material in a second state and for storing said combustible material in a combustible material storage device prior to the starting of the hybrid electric vehicle or during the operation of the hybrid electric vehicle; a driving system for transporting a hybrid electric vehicle, said driving system including a direct current motor operatively coupled to said driving system and to said direct current voltage storage device, said direct current motor being responsive to a stored direct current voltage for driving said driving system in response to a first control signal; a combustible material engine operatively coupled to said driving system and to said combustible material storage device, said combustible material engine being responsive to stored combustible material for driving said driving system in response to a second control signal; a fuel cell operatively coupled to the combustible material storage device for converting combustible material into direct current for at least one of storing direct current in a direct current voltage storage device and applying a direct current voltage for driving said direct current motor; and a control device operatively connected to said direct current motor and to said combustible material engine to selectively apply at least one of said first control signal to said direct current motor and said second control signal to said combustible material engine to enable said driving system to be driven by at least one of said direct current voltage and said combustible material.