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CEO of Zenn Motors: EEStor Production Storage Units to be Demonstrated in Weeks Delivered in Months Page 2

 
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Perhaps the most dramatic part of this compelling story is that we are apparently near the dawn of public demonstration of the technology.

"EEStor made the public statement that they anticipate having at-voltage components verified independently by September of this year and delivery of production prototype EESUs to us by then end of 2009," says Clifford.

Clifford like us is waiting. His cars apparently have sockets in them designed specifically to accept those EESUs when they arrive. "We're building to accept it and their building to fit," he says. And then we will soon see those cars in action. "It will be clearly be demonstrated around the world in 2010 and commercialization is really just a question of how quickly EEStor ramps," he says. "We believe we'll be able to sell everything they can produce."

So how confident is Clifford this will all come to be imminently?

"I made that clear on how I voted with my own money my company’s supportiveness and the amount of support we’ve gotten from the financial community," he says. "We’re very confident."

Read full transcript of interview here:  GM-Volt.com






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Comments (11)

  1. By  clint Posted: 7/20/2009 5:34am PDT

    Nothing we haven't heard before.

    Let's do this already!
     
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  2. By Chris O Posted: 7/20/2009 5:44am PDT

    To call the EEStor ultracap "highly disruptive technology" doesn't begin to describe it. No doubt that's the reason that every new episode of the EEStor saga invariably raises more questions than it answers...About lockheeds access to EEStor: how big exactly would the market for F35 fighter planes be in a world with no more oil dependency related/ petrodollar financed conflicts?
     
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  3. fb_1350800115 avatar Kevin Kimmich Posted: 7/20/2009 6:05am PDT

    I think this is the last bit of credibility Zenn/EEStor has. They can't miss these dates.
    I am skeptical Zenn has a highway capable car that they can just plug the EESU into. If Zenn's R&D budget (per google finance) is $250K per quarter, that seems impossible.
    If EEStor demos the energy density in September, that will be huge for Zenn. I don't know how likely that is either. Why didn't they do it when they tested permittivity?
    The one hand continues to clap.
     
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  4. By Dave Fleming Posted: 7/20/2009 7:43am PDT

    12% rise in SP this morning, Monday, July 20th. This is so exciting, I can barely breath. I just want to make enough on my stock to afford one. (grin) Spread the word even if you have to spam other boards.
     
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  5. By  nasaman Posted: 7/20/2009 8:08am PDT

    Anyone can find my detailed technical & EEStor patent critique under comment #15 at....
    http://gm-volt.com/2009/07/20/qa-with-ian-clifford-ceo-of-zenn-motors-eestor-to-publicly-prove-its-technology-imminently/#comments
     
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  6. By CSGuy Posted: 7/20/2009 5:04pm PDT

    I totally agree that it would be BEYOND disruptive.
    But that is true of all the breakthrough technologies. We'd still be walking if no one invented the wheel. Sailing ships used to be the only way to transport cargo from Europe to the Americas. Steam powered vehicles dominated up to 1920 or so.
     
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  7. By mo Posted: 7/21/2009 11:09am PDT

    If this technology works it will revolutionize the entire auto industry.
    They're not baking muffins here...these things take time. If I was working on a technology that could make me billions, I'd probably be very secretive too.
     
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  8. By Waldo Posted: 7/21/2009 1:41pm PDT

    Lyle,
    I hope that you don't own any ZENN stock. I wouldn't want anyone to accuse you of stock manipulation.
    There is nothing new in this interview/article. Another half-promise from Ian Clifford that a production prototype of the EEStor ultracap will be delivered to ZENN "by the end of the year" (again!). How many times has he promised this before? Two or three times?
     
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  9. By bob Posted: 8/26/2009 6:45pm PDT

    Let's see if I got this right..a potentially revolutionary invention is being bankrolled by a Canadian venture co. Apparently they got a full allocation..no US investors interested? Also the only Ibankers interested in getting in on a piece of the action is a two bit outfit from Toronto (Paradigm Capital)? That is the same Paradigm Capital whose former compliance officer also moonlighted as a bank robber..(See Toronto Star story.. http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/512948)
    How convenient that Canada is also a hot bed of white collar crime and gutless and incompetent policing and prosecution..home of such upstanding businessmen as Conrad Black and Bernie Ebbers who were unfortunate enough to ply their trade in the U.S.
    I am not saying that EEstor /Zenn is a scam. I don't have enough evidence of that. I am just saying Canada is fertile ground for just such a scam if it were to exist.
     
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  10. By  fathers day gifts Posted: 10/27/2009 9:59pm PDT

    This certainly continues to look like the real deal, until proven otherwise. I suspect the US government, through contacts with Lockheed Martin and General Motors, will thoroughly vet their request.
     
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  11. By  jeff johnson Posted: 11/15/2009 5:08pm PST

    One of the key linchpins in Unmanned Systems, Sensors, and other things not to be discussed in the open would be power, weight, size, life cycle and durability. If LM is looking at the technology, their interest would be to find a way around the IP, discredit the technology for competing technologies (old) that they are developing at Sandia, or buy the company real cheep. I would shop the technology to LM competitors first before making an exclusive deal with them.
     
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