The Hypercar® Concept
What is a Hypercar® Vehicle?
A Hypercar® vehicle is designed to capture the synergies of: ultralight construction; low-drag design; hybrid-electric drive; and, efficient accessories to achieve 3 to 5-fold improvement in fuel economy, equal or better performance, safety, amenity and affordability, compared to today's vehicles.
Rocky Mountain Institute's research has shown that the best (possibly, the only) way to achieve this is by building an aerodynamic vehicle body using advanced composite materials and powering it with an efficient hybrid-electric drivetrain.
Initially, the hybrid-electric drivetrain in Hypercar® vehicles will probably use a specialized version of the internal combustion engine commonly used in today's cars. To reach their full potential, and virtually eliminate automobile pollution, Hypercar® vehicles will be powered by fuel-cells running on tanks of compressed gaseous hydrogen fuel.
Hypercar
Unlike other efficient vehicles, Hypercar® vehicles don't compromise performance, comfort, or safety. Indeed, by offering extra consumer appeal and manufacturing advantages, they stand a better chance of getting on the road—and forcing old, polluting cars off—in sufficient numbers to make a big difference to the environment. Hypercar® vehicles and their kin could profitably reduce carbon-dioxide emissions (the major contributor to climate change) by two-thirds, partly by greatly accelerating the shift to hydrogen fuel cells.
In 1994 we founded the Hypercar Center® to research and promote this concept. Having proved its technical feasibility through rigorous technical modeling, the Center's staff spent the past several years making Hypercar® technology a commercial reality. Their unconventional approach has been to place the concept in the public domain and share it conspicuously with some two dozen major car companies and new market entrants to maximize competition in capturing its market and manufacturing advantages. The result: billions of dollars' private investment, and rapid movement of Hypercar-like concepts toward the marketplace.
In 1999, we took this process a step further by launching a for-profit venture, Hypercar, Inc., to speed the industry's transition by exerting direct competitive pressure. This independent company, in which RMI has a minority interest, is now taking the lead in advancing key areas of Hypercar research and development.
Here at RMI our transportation web pages continue to inform the general public and media on the Hypercar® concept in general. For the latest on what is happening today on the automotive scene, however, we recommend visiting Hypercar, Inc.'s own hompage (www.hypercar.com), and reading our bi-monthly selection of Advanced Automotive News.
- Advanced Automotive News
- Hypercar® Chronology—Advanced Automotive Milestones
- Why Do You Want to Drive a Hypercar® Vehicle?
- Getting There—The Transition to Hypercar® Vehicles
- Hypercar® Design and Technology—Whole-System Design
- Effect of the Hypercar® Transition on Industry
- Transportation Media Resources: Media Kit, Downloadable Hypercar® Factsheets
- History of the Hypercar® Concept at RMI
- Hypercar® Resources (useful articles related to our work)
- Transportation Links (to useful websites)
Hypercar® is a registered trademark of Hypercar, Inc. (www.hypercar.com)
New RMI Publication
(23 March 2004)
T04-01, Hypercars®, Hydrogen, and the Automotive Transition
Lightweighting is the key to making vehicles superefficient but safe. In this invited technical review paper in the International Journal of Vehicle Design, RMI's CEO Amory Lovins and Hypercar, Inc.'s VP Engineering David Cramer explain why, using as an example Hypercar's 2000 virtual design of the Revolution 99-mpg SUV.
Lightweighting is the key to making vehicles superefficient but safe. In this invited technical review paper in the International Journal of Vehicle Design, RMI's CEO Amory Lovins and Hypercar, Inc.'s VP Engineering David Cramer explain why, using as an example Hypercar's 2000 virtual design of the Revolution 99-mpg SUV.
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