XXIst CENTURY ELECTRIC TRANSPORT Russian patent published in 2003 - IPC

FIELD: transport engineering. SUBSTANCE: invention relates to electric city transport. Proposed vehicle is made in form of compact passenger car with two hub motors installed one after the other in longitudinal arc on car bottom. Step motors are used as hub motors. car runs along cable suspended over ground on supports of round section. Flywheel-type power set stabilizing car position in space is installed under car bottom between wheels. Set contains two high-frequency three-phase motor-generators. All car control operations are executed by system to preset program by signals from central computer. EFFECT: reduced consumption of energy, solving traffic problems in large cities. 2 dwg