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WHAT IS RADICALLY NEW ABOUT THE CVET?

CITY DRIVING VS HIGHWAY DRIVING ENGINE EFFICIENCY
A SMALLER ENGINE CAN POWER A CAR WITH THE CVET
HISTORY OF MECHANICAL CVTs
THE CVET vs MECHANICAL CVTs

THE BENEFITS OF CVET TECHNOLOGY

DECREASE IN GAS/ENERGY CONSUMPTION, EARLIER FUEL CELL USE:

1. With gas engine or electric motor (or both in hybrid car), the CVET is designed to give highway driving efficiency in city driving conditions; (efficiency increase estimated to be up to 4 to 1 in congested, start/stop, city driving conditions).

2. Results in REDUCED ENGINE SIZE and/or ELECTRIC MOTOR SIZE, reduced gas consumption and reduced toxic emissions. Expected size reduction of gas engine or electric motor in vehicle with CVET estimated to be 50%.

3. The CVET IS A FUEL CELL ENABLING TECHNOLOGY: Fuel cell cost can be reduced one of two ways:

a) Cost reduction through innovation and the associated cost reduction cycle over a period of time (thought to be up to 10 years) or

b) through the use of a smaller, and therefore less costly fuel cell. The CVET enables electric motor operation at higher efficiencies with lower energy usage, thereby enabling the use of a smaller fuel cell, but still big enough to provide the required electric energy to power an electric vehicle.

In this way, the fuel cell costs may be reduced through fuel cell size reduction and the CVET could make fuel cells viable at much earlier time in their cost reduction cycle.

4. Use of CVET with gas engine powered vehicle would reduce emitted pollutants due to more efficient use of gasoline

BENFITS: WEIGHT & SIZE & COST:

1. Weight of CVET(replaces manual or automatic transmission in a 200Hp gas powered vehicles) estimated to be 100 lbs.

2. Size of CVET core mechanism for 200hp gas engine estimated to be approximately 6" diameter (or 8" square), 8" long; [Actual implementation of proof of concept is 6" x 6" x 10"]

HIGHLIGHTS OF SIMPLICITY OF CVET TECHNOLOGY