Single electric vehicle that can be coupled to a vehicle convoy
A connectable electric vehicle addresses the inefficiencies of individual electric vehicles by forming a vehicle group for efficient multi-person transport and cargo space, maintaining legal dimensions and optimizing energy use.
Patent Information
- Application Number
- DE202026000027
- Authority / Receiving Office
- DE · DE
- Patent Type
- Utility models
- Current Assignee / Owner
- Filing Date
- 2026-01-05
- Publication Date
- 2026-03-19
- Estimated Expiration
- 2036-01-31
AI Technical Summary
Individual electric vehicles are limited in transporting multiple people or larger items, leading to inefficiencies in road traffic and parking demand, and there is a decline in vehicle sales due to fewer people obtaining driver's licenses or owning cars.
A battery-powered, road-legal individual electric vehicle designed to couple with others, forming a vehicle group that maintains legal dimensions and allows energy-efficient operation, with one vehicle steering and shared battery usage, and foldable seats for cargo space.
Enables efficient transportation of multiple people or items while adhering to traffic regulations, reducing energy consumption and optimizing vehicle use.
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Abstract
Description
[0001] Motor vehicle traffic is heavily characterized by individual transport, where vehicles typically contain only one person. This leads to correspondingly high levels of road traffic and parking demand. For reasons of cost or current trends, more and more young people are choosing not to obtain a driver's license or own a car. This results in a decline in sales figures and a corresponding sales problem for the automotive industry.
[0002] The use of vehicles such as scooters, electric vehicles, etc., presents an alternative. However, their use is generally limited to one person, making them unsuitable for transporting multiple people or additional larger items.
[0003] The invention of a battery-powered, road-legal individual electric vehicle that can be coupled to form a vehicle group (claim 1) makes it possible to use the individual electric vehicle, which transports one person, individually ( Fig. 1) as well as, if necessary, two individual electric vehicles side by side ( Fig. 2) and two or more individual electric vehicles in succession ( Fig. 3) to connect and disconnect. The invention allows, for example, carpools to travel a route as a convoy, but also individually if needed.
[0004] The invention of the connectable single electric vehicle is designed in such a way that, when two single electric vehicles are coupled side by side, the maximum permissible overall width is not exceeded, and when two or more single electric vehicles are coupled one behind the other, the maximum permissible overall length for road traffic is not exceeded.
[0005] In an advantageous embodiment of the coupled operation (claim 2) of the invention - In right-hand traffic, the left front electric vehicle, and in left-hand traffic, the right front electric vehicle, acts as the master, steering the vehicle group and controlling the electric drive. - Can the seat of the other individual electric vehicles be folded down to create cargo space? - operation is more energy-efficient than the cumulative individual operation of the individual electric vehicles - the batteries of all individual electric vehicles are used evenly for propulsion - the inner wheels can either run freely without power or be retracted.
[0006] An embodiment of the invention is described with reference to the Fig. 1 to 3 explained: Fig. 1: Single electric vehicle - front / rear view and side view Fig. 2: Coupling of two individual electric vehicles side by side - front / rear view Fig. 3: Coupling of several individual electric vehicles in series - side view of two coupled individual electric vehicles
Claims
[1] The connectable battery-powered single electric vehicle with road approval ( Fig. 1) is characterized by that the individual electric vehicle can be coupled with other individual electric vehicles to form a vehicle convoy. [2] The coupled operation is characterized by , that o two individual electric vehicles can be connected and disconnected side by side ( Fig. 2) o two or more individual electric vehicles can be connected and disconnected one after the other ( Fig. 3).