Turbine Hybrid Drive

Advanced Hybrid Vehicle Drivetrains

Automakers are missing the mark by offering outdated technologies at over-inflated hybrid vehicle prices.

Phoenix KE Drive™
Turbine-hydraulic drivetrain

PNGinc's hybrid-electric drivetrain
(80 MPG Fiero retrofit project)

The Phoenix KE (kinetic energy) Drive™

The hybrid vehicle revolution doesn't have to be postponed until next decade. PNGinc now possesses the radical turbine hybrid technology that will break through the barriers that prevent the motive power revolution from taking off.

Turbine-Hydraulic Hybrid & Turbine-Electric Hybrid Vehicle Drivetrains:

	Passenger cars
	Trucks, vans & SUVs
	Class 8 trucks
	Railway locomotives

New Turbine Hydraulic Hybrid

The Phoenix KE (kinetic energy) Drive™ -- a new T-HHV Turbine-Hydraulic Hybrid Vehicle drivetrain design -- consists of an advanced disk turbine which also acts as a high-speed energy-storing flywheel, coupled to a hydraulic accumulator pump/motor system.

PNGinc's proprietary differential drive system features:

	32 horsepower turbine (normal operating mode) with 40 hp being the absolute maximum
	hydraulic suspension
	differential steering

All three key engine technologies – the Phoenix Turbine, Phoenix UCB ultra-clean burner, and PDC (pulsed detonation) combustor – are prototyped and operational in their Phase I or proof-of-principle form.

There are no known major hurdles to get past before integration and final pre-production engineering. The superiority of hydrostatic drives is well documented, and PNGinc's chief technology officer has been designing and working with hydrostatic hybrid vehicles since the 1960's.

We also have a long history of working with the hull construction techniques that major auto companies are just starting to dabble in. Our designs incorporate the suspension & drivetrain inside the hull - a concept that is light years beyond current automotive reality.

Competitive Edge

The Phoenix KE Drive™, a series hybrid with the potential for the highest MPG ratings, competes against both parallel and series hybrids in performance, cost and reduced emissions.

More Power

Highest power density pound-per-pound of any hybrid vehicle system.

Most of the system can be mounted inside the frame; won't encroach upon passenger space.

In terms of weight, a 40 horsepower disk turbine:

	is lighter than a fuel cell
	weighs less than a piston engine (roughly half the weight of a diesel engine)
	is 1/4 the weight of a 40 hp electric motor

The Phoenix KE Drive™ hydraulic system and its fluids weighs less than HEV componentry (which includes batteries, motors & wiring).

Lower Cost

The Phoenix KE Drive™ is cheaper to build than piston hybrid-electric drivetrains! Our powertrain will also come in under piston engine/mechanical drive prices in 2010, when compliance with global emissions laws will double all ICE (internal combustion engine) prices.

Off-the-shelf hydraulic parts used in our system cost much less than HEV electric components.

	PNGinc's kinetic energy disk turbine uses no exotic materials or processes.
	Our turbine doesn't require the close tolerances of piston engines; very inexpensive to produce.
	Over time, our turbine cost will come in under today's gasoline piston engines.

Less Pollution

	Extremely low emissions.
	The Phoenix KE Drive™ will not require any exhaust treatment devices to meet this century's pollution mandates.
	So far we have achieved 30% greater efficiency over standard Tesla disk turbine designs.
	The Phoenix Turbine was born hydrogen-ready. The real zero-pollution Engine of the 21st Century.