Environmentally-friendly town vehicle with hybrid thermohydraulic propulsion

摘要

The invention concerns a new type of town vehicle, in particular, but not exclusively, a bus, fitted with an innovative hybrid thermohydraulic propulsion system designed and tested on the bench of the inventor, that permits the almost complete elimination of atmospheric and acoustic pollution by the vehicle without affecting its independent operation as usually happens with hybrid thermohydraulic propulsion. An architectural configuration has also been studied that would significantly improve the vehicle, both from a functional and aesthetic point of view, namely independent suspension with steering and hydraulic drive inside the wheel, and a new solution has also been discovered for cooling the combustion engine that permits a very high degree of sound-proofing, the highest obtainable today with passive methods.