Electrilite

Introduction

Bernie Macdonald of Albion, California, developed the Electrilite personal transport vehicle. Here is a proposition for flexible fabrication of the critical components, the high-torque, low speed electric pancake hub motor and its respective motor controller. The natural spinoff of this enabling technology is three adaptations of the Electrilite:

1. Pedal power assist electric vehicle, as in the prototype at http://omni.mcn.org/electriliteb/
2. Waste vegetable oil powered, Babington burner, flash steam hybrid electric vehicle
   1. Open source babington burner technology available, including flash steam generation: http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ugAivXAusus and another digest here
   2. Electrilite hub motor is uses as an electrical generator
   3. Wheel motors power the car, and performance specification is a street vehicle
   4. Multi fuel capacity: gasoline, diesel, elcohol, waste oils, compressed gas, or others
3. Hybrid electric tractor, with either battery or hybrid steam power
   1. 4 wheel drive

The business model focuses on developing a low-cost fabrication capacity for the above, to be deployed as decentralized enterprise options for right livelihood, according to the principles described here

Fabrication Capacity

Hub Motor

Specifications:

1. Power scaleability in units of 5 hp
2. Voltage adaptability, from 12-240 v or higher if needed
3. Complete reversibility for function as a generator
4. Power to weight ratio ~ 5 hp/10 lb