Patent ID: 7468562

Claim:
An electrical charging and driving system for an electric powered vehicle, comprising: a) at least one battery; b) at least one motor powered by said battery, said motor connected directly to a rear axle of said vehicle; c) a front axle of said vehicle having a belt; d) rear wheels rotatively turned by said motor through the rear axle; e) generating means for converting the rotatable turning of the front axle into electrical current, said generating means having a pulley; f) generator engaging means for enabling the belt on the front axle to engage the pulley of the generating means, whereby the pulley may be rotatably turned by the belt on the front axle; g) acceleration means for accelerating the vehicle, said acceleration means comprising an acceleration applied state and an acceleration nonapplied state; h) braking means for retarding the forward movement of the vehicle, said braking means comprising a braking applied state and a braking nonapplied state; i) means comprising a single charging system responsive to acceleration means and braking means for causing the generator engaging means to enable the belt on the front axle to engage the pulley of the generating means, whenever the acceleration means is in the acceleration nonapplied state or the braking means is in the braking applied state; j) means for using the current from the generating means to charge the battery; and k) a cooling system in said vehicle comprising a blower in a front of said vehicle for blowing air to said motor and said generator, and having a fan for directing some heat into an interior of said vehicle.