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Goal

To make it affordable for the average American to have their used vehicles that are powered with the original equipment manufacturer  (OEM’s) internal combustion engine (ICE) converted to run on a Lithium battery powered light weight aluminum electric motor (EM) that utilizes an on board aluminum generator and high capacity battery charger as a battery range extender. 

Several working prototypes of motor cycles, ATV’s, cars, trucks, SUV’s and buses with both automatic and manual transmissions have already proven that the EM (with only one moving part) can match or exceed the horsepower, torque, and performance of the OEM’s ICE.  The ICE is both large and heavy.  It has hundreds of moving parts, and 85% of the energy created is wasted as heat.  The EM is light weight, small, and it utilizes 90% of the energy with just 10% wasted as heat. 

The current problem with EV’s is supply and demand.  Over 75% of the world’s Lithium supply needed for the batteries is in South America, and China, India and Japan are establishing trade relations to dominate and control the supply, and therefore the cost.  Foreign countries are also way ahead of America in designing and manufacturing light weight high horse power high torque 3-phase EM’s,  DC to AC 3-phase inverters, DC to DC converters, generators and high capacity battery chargers.   They also dominate making electric power steering, air conditioner and vacuum pumps.

Americans need to work at American factories, and we need to keep the manufacturing cost of the EV’s power train components down to an affordable price.  (EM’s, batteries, inverters, converters, generators, charger, electric A/C compressors, electric vacuum pumps, and electric power steering pumps)  This will make the conversion affordable and allow American’s to convert their gas hogs over to clean energy efficient EM’s.   It will help our environment by lowering carbon emissions.

Concept1 believes its technology will work on all vehicles powered by ICE’s.  Cars, trucks, vans, SUV’s, motor homes, buses, tractor trailers, and farm equipment.  America has the engineers, scientists, labor and sales force to do the work in American businesses and factories that are currently vacant and unoccupied.  America should dominate the world in EV technology, manufacturing and production.  American grants to domestic American businesses will make these jobs available to Americans who can also export our EV products (and not our jobs, technology or factories) to foreign countries.  Making it in America and selling it to the world will lower our dependence on foreign oil.  It will also lower our international trade debt and grow our economy.

how it works
In laymen’s terms, you just pull out the ICE and then install the EM. 

The vehicle is brought to one of our franchised conversion plants.  Each state will have one or more plants to convert vehicles within a 250 mile radius.  The plants will have different assembly lines for each make of vehicle.  (Acura, BMW, Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Chrysler, Dodge, Ford, GMC, Honda, Infinity, Jaguar, Jeep, Lexus, Lincoln, Mercedes, Mercury, Nissan, Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Toyota, Volvo, VW, etc.) 

The vehicle’s exterior, engine compartment, drive train, and undercarriage are then high pressure steam cleaned.  The water used will be filtered to remove all chemicals and petroleum products.  The water will be recycled internally to be used again, and the chemicals and petroleum products will be separated and recycled or disposed of in an environmentally friendly method.  Each vehicle’s brand name production line will route each unique model vehicle down a line designed for that vehicles drive train, frame and body design.
    

Mechanics will remove the used vehicle’s interior instrument cluster, ICE, transmission, fuel tank,  and exhaust system.  They will also remove all of the ICE’s fan belt driven parts.  (Air conditioner compressor pump, power steering pump, vacuum pump, heater coil, and alternator.  The ICE and all of the parts (except the transmission) will then be sold for scrap and recycled. 

     
BMW 4 cylinder ICE next to the EM.  Notice green soft drink can to grasp size difference.  The ICE has hundred of moving parts.  The smaller, lighter, equally powerful EM has only 1 moving part.

The vehicle’s driver dashboard instrument cluster and transmission will be sent down the production line ahead of the vehicle.  The instrument cluster will have EV instruments inserted to replace the fuel gauge, oil and other ICE instruments.  The transmission will be mounted to the EM using a motor to transmission marriage plate. (MTMP)  The EM drive shaft will be fitted with an adaptor (coupler) that mates the drive shaft to the manual transmission flywheel or to the automatic transmission torque converter.   (MTTDSA)  (The OEM transmissions work great)
  
The EM mounted to the transmission using the MTTMP.

At the same time, the vehicle will continue down the production line where welders and mechanics will attach drive train, battery and electrical component brackets to the vehicle’s frame, body and undercarriage.   (These brackets will be used to securely attach the EM, transmission and other electric parts that are replacing the ICE parts) 
  
Electric air conditioner compressor and electric hot water heater.

    
Electric power steering pump.           Electric vacuum pump.                    Electric water pump.

  
DC to DC converter replaces alternator, high capacity battery charger

 
Fuel tank charge plug that can use household 110 or 220 household current.  Light weight aluminum gasoline generator (not shown) will run battery charger on the road as a range extender.

 
Mechanics will then install the EM, transmission and 600VDC to 400 VAC 3-phase inverter into the vehicle along with the EV computer, driver’s dashboard instrument panel, electric a/c compressor, electric heater, DC to DC converter, electric power steering pump, electric vacuum pump, wiring harnesses, breaker boxes, fuses, the 600 VDC to 3-phase 400 VAC inverter, POT, (motor speed controller), generator, high capacity battery charger, fuel tank filler door electric plug, and the 600 VDC Lithium battery pack.  (See batteries on next page)

  
3.2 VDC battery cells are grouped together to form one high voltage high amp hour battery. 
  
The batteries are combined to form a 598.4 VDC high voltage battery pack.  Fusible links with both a manual and automatic circuit breaker programmed to trip if the vehicle is in crash.  The batteries will have a manual reset button that will not reset if there is an electrical short in the system.  The batteries have a GPS chip and software to records their charge cycles.  Individual battery cell voltages and overall combined battery pack voltage is also monitored by the driver’s instrument panel.  The GPS can locate the batteries anywhere in the world.  This software is synced with the vehicles onboard battery charger to control proper levels of battery charging.  Computer technicians then sync and program the conversion computer hardware and software with the OEM’s computerized electronics.  (Heat and air conditioning, cruise control, gauges, warning lights, etc.)   All OEM electronics recognize and work with their new EV counter parts. 

The vehicle's braking and acceleration is then tested on a dynamometer to insure that all electronics and mechanics are working properly at stop and go speeds to simulate a typical 50 mile commute in highway and city driving conditions. 

Fire and rescue decals are then applied to the vehicle to identify it as a high voltage electric vehicle.  The vehicle is then delivered back to the customer’s new vehicle service department.  A dealership employee will then demonstrate how to drive and use the EV, and how to get technical support from their On Star system.  Pictures and charts courtesy of LifeBatt and EV Drive.  Page 6 shows pictures of some of the currently available all electric vehicle conversions. 

  
ICE Maxwell home bus.                                     Optar Solo EV bus
  
Tom Reid For Explorer with automatic transmission.
 
Bob Simson 2003 BMW 325i
 
2008 Tesla Roadster                                                         2010 Tesla Model S   
 
1986 Jeep

 

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