Patent attributes
The transportation system in this invention provides vehicle coupling units which allow the electrical connections and reconfigurations of two or more vehicles together at highway speeds. The coupling unit provides for the bidirectional exchange of electrical power between these vehicles to meet the various power demands of each vehicle. The system is designed to permit coupling and decoupling process of the vehicles while they are traveling at highway speeds. To facilitate the coupling event, each vehicle will employ vehicle active steering, vehicle active suspension, and coupler joint articulation, which will be under vehicle computer control, and will employ vehicle to vehicle data communication. This transportation system allows the electric vehicles to electrically and mechanically couple together for flexible electrical power sharing to achieve the extension of the range of electrically powered vehicles to minimize the time needed for stationary re-charging of electrical vehicles required by electrical charging stations.