Bright Ideas The Imagine_PS™ is a plug-in hybrid. See the CNN video.
Power your home HumanCar®_PS creates electricity and pays for itself as a mobile power station. 1kW 110v A/C standard.
Environment HumanCar® is in an all out effort to change the way we all use resources. Independently.
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" We're hot rod builders, dirt bike riders, bicycling enthusiasts, and we love all kind of sports, with or without machines, with or without electronics. We love healthy people. You and your family will power yourselves down to the store and back."
-Charles S. Greenwood PE,
HumanCar Inventor
"We are here to race and the opponent is dependency. It's on."
-Chuck Greenwood CEO
HumanCar Inc. is a privately funded and independent research/industrial design firm. Investor relations.
RE: 60 MPH?
A human powered car will go only as fast as its occupants make it go. However, with a small amount of additional power, it may be possible for many people to achieve truly useful cruising speeds. This has been the core of many years of research at HumanCar, Inc.
The FM-4 was engineered to test the limits of four-person teams using a rowing like interface along with a push back power stroke. All of the major muscle groups can be utilized.
Down hill testing of the FM-4 verified the vehicle stability of this design, traveling around corners at speeds in excess of 60 MPH. A tricycle configuration is inherently unstable under such conditions. That is why we do not "play cutesy" and offer three-wheeled electric contraptions that sneak through the licensing laws as "motorcycles". Indeed, our down hill testing program has verified the absolute necessity of proper suspension, steering, chassis and brake design.
We are lucky enough to have predicted a number of key changes in the specialty vehicle market. Low Mass Vehicles is a term originated by us in a 1996 white paper of the same title. One hundred years or more ago such an idea was well accepted, but larger and larger cars and trucks made it difficult for very elegant small vehicles to have market acceptance.
Those days have changed. HumanCar, Inc. is now ready to produce a neighborhood electric vehicle that integrates the FM-4 biometric interface. The inevitable High Speed/Low Mass vehicles that will follow are already in the prototype lab. And yes, they go 60 MPH.
Welcome aboard to the future.
HumanCar® Inc. creators FM4_Troublemaker™ & the 189mph Research_rod™
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See the Imagine_PS™ make electricity
HumanCar® - Preorder an Imagine_PS™ for $99 bucks (use the google checkout)
Note: Concept car HC Imagine "Urban" rendering by Stephen Brand - FM4 operated in video
HumanCar® Inc. Imagine_PS Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicle - Specifications and Orders
Place your $99 order with the Google Checkout button. This will give you a production number (VIN #) for the $15.5k Imagine_PS™ PHEV email us with any questions Specs. for the vehicle below.
Specifications HC Imagine_PS™
* PHEV
* V2G Compatible
* Full body biometric input
* BodySteer™ Patented Chassis
* > 100 mpg equiv.
* SyncGuideway™ compatible
* Street legal low mass vehicle
* Mobile power station 110 A/C
“A 500lb race car for your neighborhood.” Listen here
Clean Technology Engineering
LOW MASS VEHICLE ENGINEERING
* Finite Element and Classical Stress Analysis
* Chassis and Power System Development
* Creative Engineering and Prototyping
* High Strength/High Efficiency/Low Weight
* 250 Kg, + 55 KPH (560# + 35 MPH) Basic Model
Self Generating: 1,000 watt sine wave AC Output
V2G Option + multiple unit paralleling capability
Full Body Exercise or just cruise along
Ubiquitous Low Mass Vehicle Platform may use ANY power source and energy storage system. $15,500 USD
Power your own home. HC power stations & V2G.
An ocean of ideas. New models on deck.
It's on the line. Reduce before recycle.
FM4 "Troublemaker" - 189mpg biofuel Research Rod - Imagine_PS on SyncGuideway™
Q: Can it be powered by one person or do you always have to have 4 people to generate power?
A: Yes it can be powered by one to four people. One can even operate it in full electric mode as well.
Q: Do you have to be super-strong to make it work or can a regular reasonably fit person power it?
A: It's about the same energy as your bicycle. A reasonably fit person will do very well with the HumanCar.
Q: What kind of licensing does it require?
A: The HumanCar Imagine_PS is street legal for off highway use. Think of it as a perfect neighborhood commuter.
Q: Can you also plug it in to charge the battery?
A: Yes! The Imagine_PS is a PHEV (plug in hybrid electric vehicle)
Q: Will it be street-legal in my state?
A: Yes, the new NEV designation will also make large tax credits available as well as new lane space for these new cars.
Q: Will it have a top so it can be used in the winter/rain?
A: Yes, we will offer a coupe' version as well as have an optional convertible ragtop for the Imagine_PS.
Q: When can I buy one?
A: Right now, by placing an order via humancar.com. (A $99 dollar down payment will reserve one)
A note from the inventor on specifics:
Future HumanCar's will use recycled plastics and other exciting materials (hemp fiber for example, Kenaf, bamboo, etc)
"The output of the FM-4 is measured in watts at the drive wheels. Power
output has been measured as high as 1,800 watts for a strong 4-person team. Energy
output depends upon how long they can maintain this level of output,
typically only for short bursts. The continuous output can be half or less
of the peak output.
For vehicle use the peak output determines the drive train engineering
requirements, as well as the vehicle performance envelope - think "passing
power".
Human generation is appropriate for low-draw highly efficient devices such
as communication equipment and task lighting. It is not an answer for our
typical massive use of electrical power/energy. - CS Greenwood PE
photo © sam greenwood
NextFest 2008 video
NOTE! All videos, images, clips, photos and ANY forms of media that show HumanCar Inc. technology are shown in CLOSED COURSE LOOPS WITH PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS/PILOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT.