Ian Clifford is the founder and CEO of Toronto based ZENN Motor Co. As he reveals in an interview with Michael Vaughan on what it takes to start a revolution is very motivating and the next generation stuff.
ZENN Car which expands as Zero Emissions No Noise is betting upon a unique energy storage device from EEStor, a Texas based company! ZENN has about 500 cars on the road right now. These are all electric mostly in the places with low speed regulations and travel about 60 Kms on an 8 hour charge. ZENN is looking out to increasing it to 400 Kms with the help of EEStor. As revealed from his interview, Ian seems to be an energy passionate guy who is really keen to working out a never-seen-before item very soon to hit the roads and thus, solving the pollution problem for once and for all.
When asked whether they are improving the battery, Ian replies that yes, it has nothing to do with the cars but its all about energy storage. The focus of EEStor’s technology is to create a battery that can store energy for a relatively longer period of time.
Ian is positive that even battery companies has no clue about a 50 KWH of energy storage in a car. The ultra capacitor technology by EEStor is the key to the whole project and Ian is very optimistic with a firm belief in EEStor.
He says “But we don't want to be in the car-building business. We've used the Intel model — our idea is that our drive system becomes kind of ubiquitous. The Intel inside of the car.”
EEStor is in Austin Texas and have a state-of-the-art production facility that's ready to deliver production units in 2009.
Read the whole interview here.
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