Patent ID: 8509992

Claim:
A vehicle electric power generating system for charging an existing vehicle battery during driving conditions, said vehicle electric power generating system comprising: an air intake scoop capable of being positioned at an existing front air grill of an existing vehicle; a wind driven turbine communicatively coupled to said air intake scoop and being located downstream therefrom; an alternator communicatively coupled to said wind driven turbine and further capable of being communicatively coupled to the existing vehicle battery; a belt coupled to said alternator and said wind driven turbine respectively; wherein, upon rotation of said wind driven turbine and said belt respectively, said alternator generates an electrical power output adapted to charge the existing vehicle battery; wherein a power transfer rate of said electrical power output is directly commensurate with a rotational speed of said wind driven turbine; a controller communicatively coupled to said alternator, said controller being capable of automatically regulating said power transfer rate of said alternator; a plurality of sensors communicatively coupled to said controller, said sensors adapted to be communicatively coupled to the existing vehicle battery as well as an existing vehicle electric motor, said sensors being capable of detecting a power consumption rate of the existing vehicle battery and the existing vehicle electric motor respectively; and first and second switches adapted to be intermediately coupled between the existing vehicle battery and said controller as well as the existing vehicle electrical motor and said controller respectively; wherein said first and second switches are capable of selectively interrupting power to the existing vehicle battery and electrical motor respectively.