A cleaner, greener energy solution for heavy transpor. An RD Start grant helps Permo-Drive climb to the top of the hill.When a client approached Allan Rush, now Permo-Drive Technologies and Director of Research, in late 1997 to investigate a means of storing and harnessing the energy normally wasted in the heavy transport industry, it was a challenge he couldnt resist. Today the solution and an innovative hydraulic regenerative braking and propulsion system for heavy vehicles and is set to become a standard feature in United States military vehicles as well as civilian heavy transport all over the world.