Comments on: The 100MPG Lightning Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle http://inhabitat.com/the-100mpg-lightning-hydraulic-hybrid-vehicle/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Mon, 20 May 2013 06:38:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: cyberpine http://inhabitat.com/the-100mpg-lightning-hydraulic-hybrid-vehicle/comment-page-1/#comment-334796 cyberpine Wed, 18 May 2011 10:15:09 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21016#comment-334796 HHV with a CVT transmission is cheap to build and much cheaper to keep for 10 years as opposed to replacing a $10k battery system. I think this would be a great application for minivans , suvs, midsize and fullsize pickup trucks too. I'll be one of the first to trade up when a midsized, versatile pickup truck with a midgate and under bed storage comes out with the technology. HHV with a CVT transmission is cheap to build and much cheaper to keep for 10 years as opposed to replacing a $10k battery system. I think this would be a great application for minivans , suvs, midsize and fullsize pickup trucks too.

I’ll be one of the first to trade up when a midsized, versatile pickup truck with a midgate and under bed storage comes out with the technology.

]]> By: joelandrew http://inhabitat.com/the-100mpg-lightning-hydraulic-hybrid-vehicle/comment-page-1/#comment-141955 joelandrew Tue, 12 May 2009 03:25:37 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21016#comment-141955 Hydraulic does not store more energy per pound than electric. That's one of the reasons it's seen more on heavy-duty vehicles. It does, however, have a higher power density. This means regenerative energy can be stored more quickly in a hydraulic system than an electric system. A hydraulic system could allow a vehicle to recapture nearly 100% of the energy normally lost during braking. Electric systems can only capture the majority of the energy when decelerating slowly. That's the difference between energy density and power density. Hydraulic does not store more energy per pound than electric. That’s one of the reasons it’s seen more on heavy-duty vehicles. It does, however, have a higher power density. This means regenerative energy can be stored more quickly in a hydraulic system than an electric system. A hydraulic system could allow a vehicle to recapture nearly 100% of the energy normally lost during braking. Electric systems can only capture the majority of the energy when decelerating slowly. That’s the difference between energy density and power density.

]]> By: jellymuscles http://inhabitat.com/the-100mpg-lightning-hydraulic-hybrid-vehicle/comment-page-1/#comment-121590 jellymuscles Sun, 22 Mar 2009 18:49:46 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21016#comment-121590 If you would put standard two-doors with hand roll up windowns on the car, I will buy 100,000 of them for openers. Bio-diesel is made from carbon taken from the air (not fossil fuel) and put back into the air when used. It is as carbon nutrial as solar electricity. This car essentially has no cluch, no battery (except for lights), no gears and very little else to wear out. Jellymuscles If you would put standard two-doors with hand roll up windowns on the car, I will buy 100,000 of them for openers. Bio-diesel is made from carbon taken from the air (not fossil fuel) and put back into the air when used. It is as carbon nutrial as solar electricity. This car essentially has no cluch, no battery (except for lights), no gears and very little else to wear out.
Jellymuscles

]]> By: Will http://inhabitat.com/the-100mpg-lightning-hydraulic-hybrid-vehicle/comment-page-1/#comment-121380 Will Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:28:58 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=21016#comment-121380 This is fantastic!! Hydraulic systems store more energy per lb than electric, and you don't have chemical batteries to dispose of! Good luck to these folks. I have read a couple articles about hydraulic hybrids, though they usually involve trucks. The latest one I found was "Big Green Trucks" found here: http://economicefficiency.blogspot.com/2008/12/big-green-trucks.html I would love to see this hydraulic hybrid technology take off! This is fantastic!! Hydraulic systems store more energy per lb than electric, and you don’t have chemical batteries to dispose of! Good luck to these folks.

I have read a couple articles about hydraulic hybrids, though they usually involve trucks. The latest one I found was “Big Green Trucks” found here: http://economicefficiency.blogspot.com/2008/12/big-green-trucks.html

I would love to see this hydraulic hybrid technology take off!

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