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Hello, my name is Avishay and I am a colleague of Mr. Levin. One thing I am sure about is that he is no teenager! (sadly for him…)
I have founded the company some 10 years ago- www.galileo-mobility.com - and we are trying to find different application for the track wheel mechanism we have developed.
So far we have built a prototype for a climbing stairs wheelchair and a portable Military robot known as 'VIPER' (currently been field tested by Israeli Army)
Recently we have been asked whether we can fit our mechanism to a large tractor, so what we are trying to find out with your help is, where if at all lay the benefits of our technology in your world.
The reason we are asking about electrical tractors is due to the fact that one of the major qualities of our mechanism is energy efficiency since we only operates on wheels when needed and stay on wheels as long as it is possible. And as you know tracks tend to draw more energy than wheels.
That fact comes to be more important when your energy source is batteries as oppose to fuel.
As we are not familiar so much with tractor world we can only imagine where electric tractor might be in use, but those are only guesses.
We thought of places where diesel fumes cant be tolerated, in closed places such as tunnels, mines, etc. we can guess that there might be a need for an electric tractor when job need to be done in an urban environment, and that work need to be done at night time to avoid traffic, but loud noise can be a problem too.
Again these are only our guess and we would like to here your opinion about how far or close from reality they are.
Sorry for my unpolished English and we will appreciate your cooperation.
Avishay.
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Auerbach
Thanks for your comment.
As for implementation our system to heavy tractors indeed it is a challenging task and although to my self I strongly believe it is doable I fully understand that it yet has to be proven.
But for one min lets assume we have overcome the mechanical problem, the question still remain who needs it.
All electric propulsion suffers from the very same problem which is the low density of energy in batteries and of high cost.
Today due to the environmental pressure the decision has been mead to move forward with electrical propulsion even thaw its always seems to be tomorrows technology.
It doesn't necessarily have to be consisting on heavy led acid batteries; it can be hybrid with lion like in some cars, or with hydrogen fuel cells. In any case it is obvious that should such solution will be in use energy conservation issue will be more critical.
From what I a picking here I assume that it's simply does not exist yet outside the laboratories of the big companies.
In any case thanks for hosting us here, and for your comments.
Avishay
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Thanks for your comment.
As for implementation our system to heavy tractors indeed it is a challenging task and although to my self I strongly believe it is doable I fully understand that it yet has to be proven.
But for one min lets assume we have overcome the mechanical problem, the question still remain who needs it.
All electric propulsion suffers from the very same problem which is the low density of energy in batteries and of high cost.
Today due to the environmental pressure the decision has been mead to move forward with electrical propulsion even thaw its always seems to be tomorrows technology.
It doesn't necessarily have to be consisting on heavy led acid batteries; it can be hybrid with lion like in some cars, or with hydrogen fuel cells. In any case it is obvious that should such solution will be in use energy conservation issue will be more critical.
From what I a picking here I assume that it's simply does not exist yet outside the laboratories of the big companies.
In any case thanks for hosting us here, and for your comments.
Avishay
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