ZENN founder remains committedly-non-committal on EEStor
The Globe and Mail has published a online question and answer session between readers and Ian Clifford, founder of ZENN Motors. Aside from assembling a neighborhood electric vehicle in Canada, ZENN has garnered attention for its involvement with EEStor. The latter has made some big claims about a new ultra-capacitor it has developed. ZENN has made an equity investment in EEStor and has an exclusive license to use the energy storage system. The EEStor offers a lot of promise for lighter weight electrical storage and fast charging.
Unfortunately, no one outside of EEStor or ZENN (and maybe Lockheed) has ever seen the system in action. Even after the Q&A its not clear if even ZENN has seen the ultracapacitor working. Several people asked about the ultra-cap and Clifford repeatedly responded that the non-disclosure agreement prevents him from commenting. Even though ZENN previously claimed the EEStor system would be ready by the end of this year, Clifford only said that an EEStor powered cityZENN would be in production by late 2009.
Clifford did hedge by saying the cityZENN is not dependent on EEStor, implying that it could be built with a conventional battery instead. We'll just have to keep watching. Thanks to yanquetino for the tip!
[Source: The Globe and Mail]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
adam 9:05PM (12/06/2008)
I wish ZENN would make a car like that, that would be able to hit 80 mph so you can use it on any road. Then I could consider it.
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Treehugger 7:45AM (12/07/2008)
The vapor war starts to unravel...1 year from now EESTOR will stay in our memories as the biggest scam in the energy industry, no more no less
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sublimestephen 4:04PM (12/07/2008)
Biggest scam ever in the energy industry??? A little overstated...I hate to remind you of the small matter of the manipulation of the entire electric power supply in the Western US a few years ago that culminated in the recall of the governor of California. Best.
mike 4:10PM (12/21/2008)
hi guys
there is already a company that makes the same type of unit as eestor in a 5 volt small size for like cell phones etc that works just fine.. i wish i could rember the name of it right now though.
mike
aaron 5:42PM (3/20/2009)
Good God! When will someond debunk this? Its like a slow growing tumor.
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