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Following is a business method to get electric trucks and
buses on the road. With a relatively small investment for
the business, and extremely attractive for the clients
(truck and bus fleet-running
companies).
1. SUMMARY
Large bus and truck fleet companies spend a mint on
gas.
Once a small bus company with 14 buses moves to a low
cost "kit" - that changes their combustion motor bus to
an
EV, the next will be a 500 truck fleet, and many will
follow
suit, EVEN THOUGH there is a missing infrastructure for
battery exchange/charge stations and even though the
current technology range is short, and new technologies
may emerge.
The idea is simple:
1. An EV replacement kit with electric motors, control
and
monitoring is installed on the bus/truck REPLACING the
current engine.
2. An on-board easily removable generator is installed on
the bus/truck, so that truck/bus is not restricted to
short
distances.
3. Batteries for a relatively short range will be rented
and
not bought by the client from the battery company with a
deal that we settle in advance.
4. ON THE FLY battery change (next HB idea) will be
used
to "refuel".
4. If savings in gas price are significant and will be
returned within 3 years (which they will), all the truck
companies will follow suit, even though frequent changes
of batteries will be needed.
2. BACKGROUND
a. To this day EV (electric vehicles) have not caught on
seriously,
b. There is no argument that the running costs of EV
technology can be significantly lower:
(1) Off peak charging, (2) better/cheaper power sources
for electricity, including more efficient processing and
bulk
fuel deals. (3) Lower maintenance for simple electric
components. (4) No idling. (5) Regenerative breaking.
And there are other benefits: (6) Less immediate air and
noise pollution. (7) Better monitoring and control.
c. The problem is: The cost of running time = running
distance, which comes from the expensive cost of low
weight high energy batteries, and the rate and bulkiness
of
battery changing.
d. The truck and bus industry where many trucks do 1
km
per Liter diesel and some do 3 km per Liter is THE
TARGET for EV, where savings can be substantial. The
more the truck/bus stops and starts, the higher the
savings.
e. The best way to make money is to own the POWER
not the device that runs it. But a "kit" supplier can also
make some nice money off this. So
e1. Battery power ownership: The batteries can be
constructed and coupled to the motors, so that they are
remotely monitored and will not accept or give electricity
if not charged by your power station. Thus you become
the power supplier, and not the electric company. So you
are paid for the miles they go, rather than the gasoline
company.
e2. Kit maker: Of course you have to have a universal
solution for trucks and cars. Use the [EV hub wheel and
main motors] Halfidea