Systems of a vehicle and the operations thereof are provided. The vehicle can associate sensitive information for a user of the vehicle. Then, the vehicle can automatically provide the sensitive information for either the driver and/or passenger to a third party in an interaction with the third party. As such, user employ the automated systems of the vehicle for interactions with third parties.

Pickup trucks with an internal combustion engine (ICE), all electric, hybrid, plug in hybrid, must walk on loading flat bed, to load or unload, two stationary side walls, one-fold down tail gate, two taillights one on each side at the rear next to the fold down tail gate. With two full doors, with two full doors and with two smaller rear doors, or four full doors. It takes less compressed clean air to drive the DC alternators or DC generators from the compressed clean air engine. Also, the vehicle does drive 100% electric. A combination 100% electric and 100% compressed clean air system. No other vehicle has this kind of system.

A method of operating a multiple energy source of a transport refrigeration unit determines if the transport refrigeration unit is at idle. The method may then electrically switch a condenser fan motor from an electrical power source to a battery charging circuit. The condenser fan motor may be back-driven via wind blowing through a condenser fan. Electrical power is thereby generated and applied to charge a battery via a battery charging circuit.

A drag reducing, solar panel vehicle cover is fastened onto the exterior parts of a vehicle namely the roof, hood, doors, fenders, and trunk. The vehicle cover has a generally indented shell made of thin wall metal with a thin film solar panel outer surface; the vehicle cover having a shape that conforms to the respective exterior part of the vehicle so that it mates with and overlaps the part. The surface of the vehicle cover is polished and plasma is generated above the surface through judiciously positioned plasma actuators which inhibit the separation of airflow when the vehicle is in motion, thereby reducing drag. The vehicle cover serves three objectives. It charges the onboard battery rack through a thin film solar panel outer surface without altering the original form, shape or contour of the vehicle. It reduces drag through judiciously positioned plasma actuators on its surface. It gives the vehicle the appearance of having a solar panel like surface.

A transportation system is disclosed herein. The transportation system may be useful to convey a user from an origin to a destination. The transportation system includes a network of enclosed passageways, roadway lanes passing though and networking within the passageways, vehicles able to pass along the roadway lanes within the passageways, and multiple passenger terminals dispersed along the passageways to effect boarding of passengers onto the vehicles. The passageways have an interior for containing the rails and vehicles, and an exterior. The vehicle has at least one induction motor for propulsion which engages the electromagnetic rail, a storage device electrically powering the motor, and a braking system able to decelerate the vehicle.

An apparatus comprising an onboard energy storage device, an onboard power conversion device configured to be electrically coupled to an external power source for receiving electrical power therefrom, and at least one drive system electrically coupled to the onboard energy storage device and the onboard power conversion device, wherein the onboard energy storage device and the onboard power conversion device cooperatively provide electrical power for the at least one drive system. A vehicle and a method for managing power supply are also disclosed.

A system for powering an electric-vehicle including a first-electrical assembly including at least one battery assembly, a first-power-inverter, at least one motor, at least one alternator, at least one drive-motor, a solar-array, a battery-charger, and a direct current wind-turbine. The at least one battery assembly includes a direct current to output a direct current power supply. The first-power-inverter receives the direct current power supply to convert the direct current to an alternating current. The at least one motor configured to receive the alternating current power supply to produce rotative mechanical energy. The at least one alternator is mechanically coupleable to the at least one motor configured to convert rotative mechanical energy to direct current electrical energy; the at least one alternators configured to power the at least one battery via the direct current electrical energy. The drive-motor is electrically coupleable to the alternator and configured to propel the electric-vehicle.

A system for harnessing wind energy to charge the electric storage battery of a vehicle, whether the vehicle is parked or in motion. While the vehicle is being driven, a roof-mounted, internal wind turbine harnesses wind energy and causes rotation of the shaft of an electric generator mounted to an interior surface of the roof. For charging the battery while the vehicle is parked, an external wind turbine is storable in the vehicle when not in use and attaches to the internal wind turbine. Cups of the kind used in cup anemometers are attached to radial arms that extend from an external shaft of the external wind turbine and catch ambient wind currents while the vehicle is parked, causing the external shaft and the generator shaft to rotate.

A vehicle has a plurality of turbines. Each turbine includes a housing with a spindle. Each spindle has a central axis and a rotor with outwardly extending blades. Each turbine also includes a stator positioned adjacent to an associated rotor.

A method and system are provided for detecting a driver and passenger in a vehicle. The vehicle processor stores first and second sensitive information for the driver and passenger, respectively. In response to detecting the second presence of the passenger, provides a user interface for the passenger to enter the second sensitive information, receives and associates the second sensitive information with the vehicle and, while the vehicle is in motion, communicates with an external third party positioned along a selected route of the vehicle to perform a transaction on behalf of the passenger using the second sensitive information.