PTV-1 (Personal Transportation Vehicle)^tm

EVOLUTION OF THE DREAM (January 2010) For the last 20 years, our company founder (Kraig Schultz), has been dreaming about a vehicle that would make commuting to work inexpensive and fun for the common man. The vehicle would be lightweight, aerodynamic and easy to work on. In recent years, Schultz Engineering, LLC (SE, LLC) has made it a goal to get a vehicle of this kind into production. SE, LLC is developing alliances with partner companies to produce designs and components for this Personal Transportation Vehicle (PTV-1) tm. The PTV-1 vehicle will be designed to be modular with connection points of each portion well defined, so that parts of the vehicle (wheels, suspension, body, transmission, engine, etc.) can be produced by the people most qualified to build them and swapped out by the end user at any time and resold, reused, or recycled. The manufacturer wins (more customers), the end user wins (lower prices, more variety, better value) and the whole system works without large investment by any one party. With this in mind, the PTV-1 might become an open source vehicle. The design could be open sourced like Linux, and the production could be standardized/globalized by open architecture like the IBM compatible PC (via a standardized design, datums and connection points), and knowledge and improvements facilitated by a WikiPedia-like database. Another option could include licensing the design and production of PTV-1 components for a nominal fee. For example, SE, LLC might allow any designer or manufacturer in the world to badge their product as "PTV-1 compatible" for $1 or 1%. (There might be a higher license fee for a "PTV-1 tested" part. But, the testing and rating could be left up to the Wiki or other on-line rating systems like are used on E-bay).

2010 Design Criteria- The PTV-1tm has the following design goals: Fun to ride Comfortable seating - town-car like Good Visibility (driver can see and be seen in traffic) Drivers can hear, feel, and breathe the environment Great Handling - (Agile, great acceleration and excellent braking) Protection from the elements (e.g. cold, bugs, wind noise) Room for a passenger Ergonomic - easy to get in and out of Freedom - no limits on range with recharge or refill (gasoline powered charger on board?) Cargo capacity = Camping gear for a week on the road 2010 Performance Criteria: Measurable Attributes Top Speed = 65mph Cruising Speed = 45 - 55mph Fuel Consumption 200+ MPG (gasoline equivalent) @ 45mph cruise speed Gasoline Range: 200 miles @ 55mph Electric Range = 100 miles @ 30mph, 50 Miles at 55mph Empty Weight <300 lbs. Strong: Can handle pot-holes and unimproved roads Durable: 50,000 miles per overhaul Easy to work on: any component can be swapped out in less than 5 minutes Reliable and Simple: All perishable parts are mass produced and available overnight Low aerodynamic drag (Cd less than.15) Open Architecture Design with 4 Modules: Front End, Middle Section, Rear End, and Body Rear End Drive train has less than 2 minute swap out Designed to last a lifetime (modularity allows customer to update as desired) Marketing Vision: A PTV has the following market characteristics: It captures the spirit of the Model T, Original Mustang, the VW Bug and the Honda Supercub (Light-weight, low cost, reliable, easy to work on) A car for the common man It is visually unique and promotes social interaction (clubs, groups) Extremely good fuel economy due to lightweight and aerodynamics Good performance due to power/weight ratio Lower costs due to simple, modular design and high volume manufacturing of basic model Designed for easy maintenance and for tinkering (e.g. Like LEGO blocks) Open Architecture design allows everyone to innovate and collaborate Improved safety due to use of advanced materials and design collaboration Maintains value (style changes do not make vehicle obsolete) Bench Marks: Click Here And this leaves us, right where we are. Building proto-types, and developing a really good working design. In the pictures below, you will see some of the ideas produced by SE, LLC in the last three years to prove out concepts that may be incorporated into the PTV-1tm. The Electric Motorcycle Conversion The Sail Trike Human, Wind, Electric Hy-Brid Concept Some Reverse Trike Experiments Multi-Position Motorcycle Setups Multi-Position Tilting Trike Proto-type Tilting Delta Trike Prototype (2010 Concept Vehicle) Click here, to learn about the DELTA-12. (www.schultzengineering.us/delta-12.htm) Delta-11 Motorcycle (2011-2017 Concept Vehicle Project) Click here, to learn about the DELTA-11 project. (www.schultzengineering.us/delta-11.htm) Ford Festiva Conversion & Solar Projects (2014 -2020) Click here, to learn about the Ford Festiva Conversion project. (www.schultzengineering.us/festiva.htm) Click here, to learn about our solar PV projects. (www.schultzengineering.us/energy-3.htm) Nissan Leaf Projects (2018-2021) Click here, to learn about our Nissan Leaf projects. (www.schultzengineering.us/delta-11-18.htm) Portugal Vehicle Project (2018-2021) Click here, to learn about the Portugal Vehicle project. (https://tugainnovations.com/)

2022 and Beyond (2022-) I am working to form a design collaborative to build a hyper-efficient vehicle as an open sourced project for the purpose of making transportation vehicles 10X to 100X less energy and pollution intensive.

Our 2025 Vehicle Project is PTV-3 These days, I spend most of my time working on big-picture solutions - like building parallel systems of governance and regenerative lifestyles. But when I get a moment, I love making things. This latest project is a human-electric hybrid delta trike, built from my stash of spare parts. Here's a photo of me on a scale mockup before building the actual frame.