Transcript Venture One - Ohio University

Venture One
By: Garret Kisner
Invention
• Invented for the “Urbanation of America”
• Characteristics
– Fully enclosed two-passenger cabin
– Tilts like motorcycle
– Handles curves like a sports car
– Fuel efficiency of a hybrid car
Handling
• Patented Dynamic Vehicle Control System
(DVC)
• Carver Engineering, Netherlands
DVC
Propulsion System
• Calculations with current configurations
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1500 lb vehicle
200 lb individual
100 mph
75 + mpg
20 miles
electric
– 400 miles
total
– 6 gallon
tank
Propulsion System
• Persu Hybrid parallel hybrid
– Internal combustion engine, electric motor,
Continuous Variable Transmission (CVT)
Safety
Delivery
• Three versions
– Fully electric: 2 in-wheel 20 kw motors and 17
kWh lithium battery delivering 120 miles
– 50 kw series plug-in hybrid version using a small
internal combustion engine and 110 volt battery,
providing 350 miles
– 100 kw plug-in hybrid version with a 110 volt
battery, maximum speed 120 miles, but takes
range down to 300 because of speed tampering
Video
• http://www.flytheroad.com/index.html
Sources
• http://www.hybridcars.com/plug-inhybrids/ventureone-plugin-hybridcommuter.html
• http://www.flytheroad.com/index.html
• http://www.carverengineering.com/projects/carver.html
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverter_(electric
al)