New Energy Technologies has produced a prototype of its MotionPower device for heavy-duty trucks, a device for capturing energy through the movement of heavy vehicles.


The company has already prototyped the system for cars and light trucks, which it plans on testing at locations including the Four Seasons in Washington, D.C., Holiday Inn Express in Baltimore, and Burger King in Hillside, N.J.

Rather than being installed in the vehicle, MotionPower technology is installed on the roadway, where vehicles decelerate or stop. The device assists the vehicle in slowing, capturing the vehicle's motion energy and converting it into clean electricity.

"I'm very excited to see the quick progress our engineering team has made with the successful completion of our first-generation MotionPower prototype designed to harvest the kinetic energy of long-haul trucks, buses, and other load-bearing heavy vehicles in order to generate clean electricity," said Meetesh V. Patel, president and CEO of New Energy Technologies.

If successful, the devices would be installed at such places as truckstops, weigh scales, commercial ports of entry, and shipping sites. The company's engineers say the devices could replace conventional electrical supplies for powering roadway signs, street and building lights, storage systems for back-up and emergency power, and other electronics, appliances, and even devices used in homes and businesses.

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