The Design and Theory

Cars are designed to cut or slice through the wind to decrease the fuel consumption and to handle better.  This would be a requirement for cars that travel on highways.

If you are traveling at 30m/ph, the head wind is 30 m/ph give or take with the natural wind speed and direction. The current design of cars is to streamline through the wind to lessen the drag on the car.  The Windcatcher car is designed to catch the wind and turn it into energy.  The will be a certain amount of drag on the car but, if the inner panel and air ducts are designed ergonomically to channel the head wind into energy.  Battery technology has evolved enough to generate enough energy to travel short distances to get to and back from work or the shops.  This is a short distance car.  It is the weekday car.  If one looks at the commuter from Monday to Friday, one maybe two people drive to work, the car sits the whole day waiting to be driven home and that where it sits until the morning.  The time at work and the time at home is loss of energy.  These times can be used to charge itself to give added energy.

An add on product to the car. A wind blower that attaches to or built into your car that works off the home power point.  It provides a trickle charge  

Option 1: 

  Works on a low consumption petrol engine.   

  Automatic 250cc 4 stroke petrol.

Option 2

  Hybrid technology

Option 3

  Self generating energy unit

The engine is below the occupants as to give a mid engine with a low center of gravity for better handling and stability.

If it breaks the whole system is taken out as a sealed unit and is replaced with a new unit. The broken system is then sent back to the factory for repairs.

To scale in relation to other cars

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