Greenmesh reader Barry writes:
Hope you can "post" this website/info for those following our trip to the future.The website is very informative about the company itself but not to informational about the technology. One interesting thing was the small-sized engine(1500cc) and the addition of a "turbo-charger" and only using "regular gas" for this mileage increase. This has always been a "problem" with using turbo's and they seem to have solved this issue.
It’s an interesting concept and as in most start up ventures they are trying to keep the money grabbers from stealing their ideas and marketing it before they do, thus not much meat to the website.
Traditionally, lean fuel mixtures create high nitrous oxide emissions and usually a catalytic converter reduces this. They say they are getting low emissions without a catalytic.
The idea of a three wheel car reduces friction on the road by having one less tire. That and the aerodynamics of the vehicle all help to add up mileage.
The inventor says that a three-wheel-car handles great. ATV three-wheelers and some early three-wheeled cars had the single wheel in the front. The single wheel here is in the back so it is different. The Early Volkswagen GTI, with their torsion rear axle, used to pick up one wheel in the back in their TV commercials; effectively it was a three-wheeled car during hard cornering.
Some other strange three-wheeled cars:
http://www.3wheelers.com/uwx875l.html
http://www.popularmechanics.com/automotive/jay_leno_garage/3475911.html
I see from their website they are operating in a lean burn condition, around 20-1. That typically creates an unacceptable level of NOX in the exhaust. I am curious if there has been any independent verification of their claims relating to performance, economy or emissions. I have also seen another company called Vapor Fuel Technologies that has multiple patents on a vapor system that greatly increases fuel economy without the NOX problem and has been verified by an independent test lab. You can check them out at http://www.vftllc.com