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2021
Automotive/​Transportation

EV Power Supply Standardization

As we move into the future of electric vehicles we have an opportunity to not only improve our environment, we can also improve our transportation experience as well. By creating a standardized battery for EVs that is exchangeable on demand instead of having the batteries built in as part of the vehicle,

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David Varner
Portland, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 1678
Automotive/​Transportation
May 4, 2021

Landfill/Brewery Gases as Alternative Fuels

This is a overview of my idea. However multiple alternative fuel companies may have to work together (I personally work with a few as current customers). Use every landfill/brewery gases in the world as a gas station for internal combustion vehicles and machines.

Set up pressurized storage tanks with filtration systems at these sites.

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Matt Russell
Lansing, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 1402
Automotive/​Transportation
May 3, 2021

Ship Air Bag

In the present day loss of a ship or serious damage to it, meaning loss of days at sea, is becoming increasingly unacceptable. The idea presented is to decrease damage from a collision or sinking of the ship after a major malfunction. Since a major component is already available (ship launching bag) implementation would be very straight forward.

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Ronald Pannekoek
Aalsmeer, The Netherlands
Votes: 0
Views: 1327
Automotive/​Transportation
May 2, 2021

FLYAVATOR

Business travel will continue to be initiated from high-rise buildings.

Every floor has an elevator stop from where people travel to the crowded ground level for horizontal transport. That is where congestion makes getting anywhere problematic.

Flyavator changes the concept. Instead of going to the ground level, the elevator system, attached to the outside of the building,

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Balint Szent Miklosy
New York, United States
Votes: 0
Views: 1364
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 27, 2021

Method for Horsepower Measurement of both Conventional and Electric Vehicles

This project is a novel and patented automobile horsepower measuring method, implemented through a) chassis dynamometers (“dynos”), b) embodiments in real road conditions, such as physical devices, and c) other embodiments in real road conditions, such as mobile apps. It is supported by a patent family incorporating a US Patent published in March 2021, a Continuation in Part,

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Dionysios Mylonas
Athens, Greece
Votes: 1
Views: 2008
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 26, 2021

Hybrid Garbage Truck

Garbage trucks are typically noisy and inefficient.

Utilizing a small, high efficiency diesel engine that runs at a constant engine speed, electricity will be generated for battery storage. This will be used for hydraulic pumps and motive force of the truck creating an efficient,

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Robert Marsh
Ashburton, Australia
Votes: 0
Views: 1853
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 15, 2021

HCCI Fickett-Jacobs Cycle Double Acting Internal PDE

Our team has over many years developed a double acting fickett-jacobs cycle internal detonation engine that boasts pure isochoric constant volume heat addition, giving it the world's highest efficiency for a given stroke to bore ratio. Instead of conventional engine architecture, we have modernized the scotch yoke with new technology.

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Sky Huddleston
Bourbon, United States
Votes: 32
Views: 6573
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 13, 2021

Electric Baby Stroller

Nowadays micromobility has become a leading trend in our society. The number of electric bikes, scooters, and skateboards are increasing exponentially. Following this trend, we have invented an electric baby stroller (EBS). The main disadvantage of the usual baby stroller is that to keep the stroller moving it must be pushed forward constantly. Sometimes this requires enormous effort,

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Milen Penev
Dietikon, Switzerland
Votes: 0
Views: 2234
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 13, 2021

Afreecar E-kit: Provide Sustainable and Affordable Mobility and Power for All the World's People

A briefcase-sized e-kit (comprising lithium ion battery module, motor and electronics – patent pending) is designed to be easily attached to the wide variety of non-motorized vehicle types (vehicles that are pushed, pulled or pedalled). It can be applied to vehicles in several applications, such as agriculture, healthcare, urban mobility, warehouses and campuses, etc.

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Christopher Borroni Bird
Rochester Hills, United States
Votes: 1
Views: 3832
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 12, 2021

48 V Electrified Axle to Assist the Main Vehicle HV Motor

The basic idea is to replace the differential gear of the axle by two CVTs (continuous variable transmission), one on each half wheel shaft, whose electric machines are working on torque regulation with close torque set points.

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Denis Buffet
Paris, France
Votes: 4
Views: 2094
Automotive/​Transportation
Apr 3, 2021

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