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sur La première voiture électrique française ?


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Imhotep Imhotep 9 mai 2009 07:43

Connaissez vous Zenn ? Société canadienne qui vend des voitures électriques au Canada (pas en Equateur au Canada. Elle a un premier modèle de faible autonomie, mais lance un second modèle : 400 km d’autonomie, vitesse 125 km/h. Cette société en semble pas d’accord avec vous :


Dear ZENN Enthusiast,

Thank you for your interest in ZENN Motor Company and your request for additional information regarding ZENN’s energy storage partner, EEStor Inc.

We are asked about EEStor’s technology, their progress and their relationship to ZENN Motor Company on a daily basis. Please find below a summary of ALL PUBLIC INFORMATION that we can share at this time.

When ZENN Motor Company was founded in 2000, it was with the ultimate goal of addressing the escalating climate crisis by bringing electric cars to the masses. EEStor’s EESU is the tool that will enable the realization of that goal. It is an ultra-capacitor storage device that acts like a ‘super’ battery for transportation and other applications. There is an enormous amount of interest regarding this technology, especially given that Lockheed Martin has secured an exclusive technology agreement to use EEStor’s EESU in military and homeland security applications and Morton L. Topfer, a former Vice Chairman of Dell Computer Corporation has joined EEStor’s Board of Directors. Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a leading venture capital firm also took a financial interest in EEStor, and Fortune Small Business Magazine has identified EEStor and ZENN Motor Company as one of “The Disruptors” to watch in the coming year.

In anticipation of the EEStor technology being successfully commercialized, ZENN Motor Company is readying its plans to incorporate the technology in its ZENN product offerings. In addition, ZMC has begun investigation of options for developing its future generation of longer-range, highway-capable vehicles. Two of the more promising opportunities being examined are retrofit kits and a small to mid-size automobile (curb weight less than 3000 lbs/1400 Kg) with highway capable speeds and range. The retrofit kits would be designed for mass conversion of specific existing automobiles from internal combustion to electric drive train. On the new car front, while the final specifications have yet to be confirmed, the Company is exploring the development of small and mid-size cars that have a top speed of 80 MPH (125 KPH) and a single-charge range of 250 miles (400 Km).

Subject to satisfying local homologation requirements, these new vehicles would be distributed to major markets globally. The Company estimates that global annual sales unit for this size of new car to be in excess of 30 million. Third party discussions have been initiated to assess possible manufacturing and distribution scenarios.

EEStor Background
EEStor was founded in 2001 by Richard D. Weir and Carl Nelson, former senior managers in disk-storage technology at IBM and Xerox. The Company maintains a low profile, but others in the automotive and CleanTech communities are calling their storage technology ‘game changing’. Such a breakthrough has the potential to transform the energy sector and the automobile industry in particular.

The following table provides a comparison of specific features of current power storage technologies with EEStor’s claims relating to the EESU :

Table 1 – Parameters of each Technology to Store 52.2 kWh of Electrical Energy

Ceramic EESU

  • Weight = 300 lbs
  • Volume = 4943 (cubic inch)
  • Discharge rate = 0.02% / 30 days
  • EV Charging time (full) - 100% charge = 3-6 min
  • Life reduced with deep cycle use = None
  • Hazardous Materials = None
  • Temperature effect on energy storage = Negligible

NiMH

  • Weight = 1716 lbs
  • Volume = 17,881 (sq inch)
  • Discharge rate = 5% / 30 days
  • EV Charging time (full) - 100% charge = >3.0 hr
  • Life reduced with deep cycle use = High
  • Hazardous Materials = Yes
  • Temperature effect on energy storage = High

LA (Gel)

  • Weight = 3646 lbs
  • Volume = 43,045 (sq inch)
  • Discharge rate = 1% / 30 days
  • EV Charging time (full) - 100% charge = 3-15 hr
  • Life reduced with deep cycle use = Very High
  • Hazardous Materials = Yes
  • Temperature effect on energy storage = Very High

Lithium-ion

  • Weight = 752 lbs
  • Volume = 5697 (sq inch)
  • Discharge rate = 1% / 30 days
  • EV Charging time (full) - 100% charge = >3.0 hr
  • Life reduced with deep cycle use = High
  • Hazardous Materials = Yes
  • Temperature effect on energy storage = High

(Source : EEStor Inc.).If market demands require larger or smaller models, these, too, can be produced.

Licensing Agreement Details
ZMC entered into an initial agreement with EEStor dated August 24, 2004 (with subsequent amendments dated November 26, 2004, September 30, 2005, August 8, 2006 and January 22, 2007) to acquire in perpetuity the worldwide exclusive rights to use EEStor’s EESU in the following markets :
    • All-electric 4-wheeled personal transportation uses for vehicles with a curb weight up to 1,400 kilograms, net of the battery weight, and
    • For golf carts and similar-styled utility vehicles, and
    • The aftermarket conversion of any internal combustion passenger vehicle to electric drive

The EEStor Technology Agreement also provides ZMC with non-exclusive, worldwide rights to manufacture higher horsepower and heavier vehicles. As provided for in the Agreement, ZMC’s rights to the technology are subject to making in aggregate, milestone payments of US$2,500,000.

To date, ZMC has made three milestone payments totaling US$1,300,000 :

  • US$100,000 initial investment made in October 2005
  • US$650,000 upon financing made in January 2006
  • US$550,000 investment based on EEStor reaching the purity testing/production capacity milestone made in February 2007. This milestone included third-party verification of EEStor producing barium nitrate power meeting specified levels of purity.

The balance of amounts payable under the Agreement total US$1,200,000 :

    • US$700,000 is payable upon third party verification of permittivity testing.
    • US$500,000 is payable upon the receipt of the EESU by ZMC

ZENN Equity Investment in EEStor
On April 30, 2007, the Company completed an equity investment in EEStor. The Company acquired a 3.8% interest for a cash investment of US$2,500,000 plus costs. The terms of the investment provide the Company with a right, exercisable at its sole discretion, to invest at the same price per share for an additional up to US$5,000,000 within 30 days of EEStor announcing its permittivity test results meeting the predetermined parameters and verified by an independent third party. The Company’s maximum additional investment is subject to reduction depending on the investment participation of other EEStor shareholders in the raise. Should the other EEStor shareholders exercise their maximum investment, the Company’s additional investment would be limited to US$2,000,000.

If the Company elects to maximize its additional investment and subject to the investment decisions of the other EEStor investors, the Company’s total minimum and maximum equity interest in EEStor would be in the range of approximately 6.2% to 10.5%.

While the Company has specific technology rights under the Agreement noted above, the investment was made to provide ZENN shareholders with participation in the potential upside of other applications of EEStor’s technology and is unrelated to the terms of the Technology Agreement.

To remain current on all ZMC news coverage, press announcements and EEStor developments, please sign up for e-mail updates by clicking here

Thank you again for your interest in ZENN Motor Company and EEStor. We hope the information provided above has answered your questions. Please note replies to this email are directed to an unattended inbox.

Best Regards,

ZENN Motor Company


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