Patent ID: 7810589

Claim:
A kinetic energy vehicle comprising: a main body portion with a front and a rear, a top and a bottom and laterally spaced sides, the main body portion having two air intakes; a housing in the bottom of the vehicle containing two turbine/flywheels rotatable about vertical axes and adapted to be rotated in opposite directions in response to air entering the housing from the air intakes, the housing extending from adjacent to the front of the vehicle to adjacent to the rear of the vehicle; a starter generator in the housing adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel, a main drive generator in the housing adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel; an electric drive motor in the vehicle powered from the main drive generator; and an air discharge port in the housing with an air lock to selectively move to close the air discharge port to retain a vacuum in the housing and adapted to move to open the air discharge port to relieve the vacuum and cause a flow of air from the housing for thereby initiating rotation of the turbine/flywheels.