INGOCAR

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INGOCAR

• The 130 mpg car
• Development Team
• Valentin Technologies, Inc.
• www.valentintechnologies.com

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INGOCAR

• 130 mpg
• 5 passenger
• 2,200 lb
• 600 mile range
• 0-60 mph 5 sec
• ULEV

• Outstanding mileage, low emission and driving
  performance result
• from a new Hydrostatic Powertrain with Energy
  Storage.
• The powertrain technology allows the small engine
  to run very clean
• and efficient at constant speed and power when
  charging the energy
• storage. The four wheelmotors recapture the
  entire braking energy.
• Active hydraulic bumper absorb the crash energy
  from up to 25 mph.

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The hydrostatic powertrain consists of a
hydraulic free-piston engine in the front, the
T-shaped accumulator as energy storage device and
a hydraulic wheelmotor in each wheel. The
accu-mulator is also the load-carrying backbone
of the car. Four dampening elements (yellow)
connect the car platform with the now simplified
car body.

• How does it work The engine pumps fluid into
  the accumulator and compresses a gas
• bladder. The pressurized gas stores the energy
  needed to drive the car. The engine will be
• turned off automatically when the accumulator is
  fully charged. Pressurized fluid, provided
• through the suspension linkage, drives the
  wheelmotors and propels the car. Reversing the
• powerful motors (670 hp) during braking allows
  the recapturing of the entire braking energy.
• This process reduces the fuel consumption in city
  driving by about 40. A reduction in
• emissions of about 85 is expected through the
  significant reduction in fuel burned and a
• cleaner engine with a new, circumferential,
  ultra-high pressure fuel injection system.

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Ingo Valentin, Dipl.
Ing (FH)
Prof. Dr. Rolf Reitz

Valentin Technologies, Inc.
Distinguished Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
Elm Grove, WI, USA

University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA

Participants
Dr. Scott Goldsborough


Assistant Professor

Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Marquette
University, Milwaukee, WI, USA