Lift roofs for cars, bikes, boats, buses, trains.
On a model 3 I am able to predict the car weighing 3,300 lbs less at speeds of 70 mph. This is with 4 roofs at 12 degree angles making it 14 feet tall. (just at or slightly above the height limit. Making its range 1,700 miles at 70 mph.
I tried the same with a Honda civic with 3 roofs making it 11 feet tall where the honda civic got 280 mpg.
With all but 400-500 lbs left on the ground, I’m thinking that the car would be taller tan predicted since its lifted up at its suspension. There also may be other effects we don’t know about when turning.
Lift roofs can also be slight arches, many half circles, zig zags, or waves where the result may feel different when driving compared to just a flat roof.
The roofs add more weight to cars but it could end up being not so much and still worth it after the weight that you lose on the highway.
The seven roof recumbent bike takes off 250 lbs at 20 mph, which may be the weight of the person and most of the bikes weight making pedaling more effortless at those speeds.
It’s possible to create a car with nearly unlimited highway range if you put enough solar on the lift roofs. You can put solar on each roof layer where the sun still hits most at different angles. You can even have all solar on the very top one and then just the edges of solar on each one beneath it.
These cars would be locked to not be able to exceed a certain speed limit. Like say its weightless at 75 mph so the built in speed limit is 70 mph. In the future, we could have the top most lift angle be able to move up and down so that when you approach take off speed, the top roof moves towards downforce angles allowing you to go faster and faster without taking off.
Not only does a lift roof just increase you empg/mpg, it also lowers the weight on your tires on the highway so when you hit bumps the tires take less damage lasting you longer. The lighter weight also extends the lifespan of your motor/engine by having less weight to push at highway speeds.
I did some extra work to look at lift roofs for buses. I used the Toyota sora for its measurements and weight. 5 roofs at 15 degree angles would make the bus weigh 3000 lbs when moving at 65 mph. Its 85 feet tall and not including the weight of the roofs. We could add an extra roof making it 100 feet tall to since it weighs more.
It could be used in desert highways or in a future when we remove highway exit signs and traffic lights. If everything is self driving then street signs and traffic lights aren’t needed. The only places this wont work is going under highways and bridges.
If each roof is covered in solar panels, then these are some one the better angles of sunlight exposure with the worst being driving into the sunset.
There’s a couple ways to have these lift roofs installed. The easiest most effective way is to have the roofs in between the support posts rather than around them. This makes the surface area smaller if you use the roofs of current sedans. You can though move the support beams to the corner near the rear view mirrors and on the back side near the trunk.
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The slimmer roofs with posts on the cars roof cut the SQ feet and results in about half compared to the predictions of 250 mpg up above.
I filled a provisional patent but will skip on the non provisional. It’s free for all. Here’s a basic prototype anyone can build at home. It’s even nearly consumer product ready.
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