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GM: Volt plus EEStor could work ... if EESU worked

There are 16 days left in the month of December. Besides being time for most Americans to kick their Christmas shopping sessions into high gear and start planning their resolutions for 2010, it also means that there's precious little time for EEStor to "deliver functional technology" to Zenn Motors as promised. Still, the promises held out by the secretive company are too great for us to forget about entirely. We'd love for EEStor's claims to be independently verified and proven accurate, as would just about anyone else looking to break ... Read more →

How can EEStor be valued at $1.5 billion? Sebastian Blanco

We've long given up on waiting for announcements from EEStor (and, to a lesser degree, their partner ZENN) to come true. But, with the latest move by ZENN to drop their plans to launch the ...

REPORT: Zenn cancels plans for high-speed EV, will focus on supplying ZENNergy Drive components Jeremy Korzeniewski

According to reports from Reuters and GM-Volt.com, Zenn Motors has canceled plans to launch its cityZENN high-speed electric car and will slow down work on its low-speed EVs. According to Zenn ...

REPORT: public demonstrations of EESTOR's sectretive EESU next month? Sebastian Blanco

Last month, we got a glimpse inside EEStor's ultracapacitor progress thanks to a leaked audio clip – admittedly, possibly on purpose – of someone interviewing EEStor CEO Dick Weir. At ...

EEStor information overload (not a typo) in leaked interview with CEO Dick Weir Sebastian Blanco

For about six hours recently, a leaked (we assume it was leaked) audiotape of someone speaking with EEStor CEO Dick Weir was available on Yahoo! video. Before the video was yanked, enterprising ...

EESTor update from ZENN CEO Ian Clifford; demonstrations coming in 2010 6 months ago on Autoblog Green

EEStor, the company behind the ultralight, ultra-efficient – and ultra secret – EEStor Electrical Energy Storage Units (EESU) that could change the electric car world, still isn't giving out much information about their product. But Ian Clifford, the CEO of Zenn Motors, is talking. ...

ZENN: Trust us, the EESTOR thing is totally cool, like $700,000 cool 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

Hype maintenance can be hard work. Following the Earth Day announcement that the EEStor ultracapacitor had passed independent tests that showed it had a relative permittivity of 22,500, the automaker most closely tied to the secretive company, ZENN, has come out to say two things. First, the test ...

Bikes vs. cars race ends in decisive two-wheeled victory 8 months ago on Autoblog Green

What does it take to beat a Zenn electric car and a Toyota Prius in cross-town driving? A pair of wheels and some leg-power. In the sixth annual Commuter Race in San Jose, California, all the bikes - a standard bike, a tandem and a hybrid bike - beat the two cars in a treasure hunt-style race ...

EEStor "permittivity" follow-up, by someone who knows (Daryl Siry) 9 months ago on Autoblog Green

Following EEStor's permittivity announcement on Earth Day last week, I wrote a post that ended with a call for our readers to determine if the stated "relative permittivity of 22,500" was a big deal or not. There were some educated responses (thank you), but one refrain that kept appearing was that ...

ZENN tries to boost EV market with under $10k NEV 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Those of you with an interest in electrically-driven transportation who don't need a full function car may want to check out the latest deal from Canadian company ZENN. The ZENN electric car can be had for just $9,995 until the end of June. ZENN is looking for early adopters to be ambassadors for ...

ZENN picks manufacturer for cityZENN highway-speed electric vehicle 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

How does this make sense: ZENN recently announced that company officials had selected a manufacturer to produce a highway-speed electric vehicle, called the cityZENN. Following this, ZENN's stock fell three percent. You'd think people would be happy with an announcement like that. As always, there ...

EVCast offers up panel of "experts" to take your electric car questions tomorrow 11 months ago on Autoblog Green

If you'd like to listen to a sort of state of the electric vehicle industry panel discussion, tune in to the EVCast tomorrow. The live show (which will be available later as a podcast and for download) starts at 1:30 Eastern (10:30 am Pacific) on Tuesday. Listeners can tune send in questions and ...

What is a neighborhood electric vehicle (NEV)? 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

We all want electric vehicles that we can afford. Unfortunately the only full function electric car "available on the market" in the United States right now is the Tesla Roadster. However even before car loans became hard to get, the Roadster was largely unaffordable. So, what other options are ...

Biofuel station goes electric with ZENN dealership 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Biodiesel, meet electricity. That's the message being sent by the reopening of the Green Station. It used to be just a biodiesel refueling stop; not it's a biofuel pump station and a ZENN dealership. According to SantaCruz.com, station co-owner Bill LeBon now thinks that NEVs like the ZENN can be ...

EEStor gets patent for EESU, we get some details 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Stop the presses! We've finally got some real information regarding EEStor's highly secretive capacitor-based energy storage system, though it's not exactly coming from the company itself. It seems that EEStor recently filed for patents of its new technology, which centers around a core of aluminum ...

ZENN founder remains committedly-non-committal on EEStor 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

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 ...

EEStor makes production milestone announcement of sorts 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Fictive Atlantean confused charge Following months of silence about the progress of its potentially world-changing energy storage device, the secretive Cedar Park, Texas-based firm, EEStor, has issued a press release announcing that it has reached key production milestones. One such marker for ...

Techno Ride drives a Zenn, comes away impressed 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

TechnoRide, 'the car site for tech fans,' has managed to score a Zenn electric car for review. They seem to have had a good time with the NEV, calling it "impressive." They do, however, note a few issues with the vehicle, which are to be expected, including a lack of luxury features and excessive ...

ZENN claims they will launch EEStor-powered EV in fall 2009 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

At ZENN annual shareholder meeting in Toronto yesterday, company officials made a big announcement about their plans to move beyond mere neighborhood electric vehicles. They plan to launch a model called the cityZENN which will be a fully certified electric car with 80 mph top speed and 250-mile ...

Laugh with, not at, ZENN cars 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

If you like to laugh at tiny neighborhood electric vehicles, take a look at the video above. It's got ZENN cars, Canadian comic Rick Mercer and a few good beer jokes. Of course, Mercer also makes the case for NEVs in this video, so don't expect simple ridicules of ZENN's vehicles. Instead, the ...

What's this? EESTOR convinces Lockheed Martin it's on to something 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The EESTOR ultracapacitor is a technology we really, really want to know more about. The huge potential of these devices that we do know about certainly keeps our ears open for news - or rumors or anything, really - about the technology. We don't know much more about the actual ultracaps (aka ...

The Zenn of delivering the mail in Washington 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

For package delivery companies and the Post Office, the rising cost of fuel is taking an ever larger bite of revenues. In Washington state, Carolyn Triebenbach has found a solution. As a rural letter carrier Triebenbach does her daily twenty-mile route on only $0.40 worth of electricity. She uses a ...

Montana ZENN dealer Eco Auto talks to Electric Cars Are For Girls 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Readers who click through all of the links that we offer you in a day might remember Ron Gompertz, the owner of Eco Auto, Inc. He was mentioned in an article on MSNBC about eco-car dealers in the U.S. Lynne Mason over at Electric Cars Are For Girls has gotten hold of Gompertz for a lengthy Q&A ...

More details on how ZENN received safety mark from Transport Canada 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently we told you about Transport Canada's sudden shift to give Zenn's low speed electric vehicles a safety mark. Here is how it all happened according to the CBC; After the TV report, which included Transport Canada failing to give a good reason on why they held back the safety mark, Ian ...

Zenn is now legal to drive on Canada's streets 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Less than a week ago, we told you about a CBC report with Zenn complaining Transport Canada was not allowing its low speed vehicle to sold in Canada. The report included a regulatory enforcement engineer that explained they were not being allowed to be sold yet because they were going to change the ...

How to raise your ZENN NEV's speed limit to 35 - but check the caveats 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Almost all NEVs in the U.S. are limited by law (and thus by a setting in the car) to 25 mph. In some areas - Montana, for example - the laws are being changed so that these little commuter cars can go 35 mph. But, just because the law changes doesn't mean that the car magically upgrades its top ...

Canada is killing the electric car 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Canadian-based Dynasty electric cars is ending production in Canada and moving over seas. Very soon Canadian-based electric car company Zenn may choose to give up on Canada and move production as well. Why? The Canadian dollar reaching parity with the US dollar did not help much (imports from ...

C-NET tries to count all the electric car start-ups 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

C-NET's Michael Kanellos did a little thinking out loud this week when he tried to list all of the electric car start-up companies (not major automakers working on EVs). He counted 16 small companies. The names on this list will be familiar to just about anyone who reads AutoblogGreen, but I ...

CAR samples the French built MicroCar MC1, a gas powered ZENN 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

To those who've been following this site for a while, the car you see above may look familiar. We have covered the Canadian built ZENN neighborhood electric vehicle on several occasions including their involvement with ultra-capacitor developer EEStor. The car pictured above is based on the same ...

Is production of EEStor ultracapacitors being pushed back into 2008? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

After having earlier proclaimed that they would have their remarkable new ultra-capacitors in production this year, it now looks like EESTor is delaying production for as much as six months. CNET actually managed to talk to EEStor CEO Richard Weir on the phone and he said that production would ...

Zenn claiming 500 mile range on 5 minute charge without any batteries 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

As Toyota hesitates on lithium ion battery technology and General Motors races ahead, Canadian startup Zenn is trying to leapfrog them. We've talked about ZENN before and also their deal with EEStor to use their ultra-capacitor technology. EEStor has made some pretty amazing claims as has ZENN. ...

ZENN will offer warranty services from 4CS 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

ZENN promotional video We haven't heard much from ZENN recently, but the electric car company announced yesterday that ZENN will be offering warranty services through 4CS. It looks like vehicles and parts will be covered through 4CS' iWarranty and iParts services. If you're ready for a way-too-busy ...

Problems at ZENN and EEStor? 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

Recently, I've noticed that we've had a few comments regarding the lack of announcements coming from ZENN Motors and EEStor regarding when we might see an actual product using their new energy storage technology. In fact, it was even mentioned by one person who visited a ZENN dealership that he ...

E tu Zenn? Advertorial messaging in the EV world 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

What is it with small electric car companies and paid promotion? We just took a look at Zap's somewhat questionable dealings with the website RenewableEnergyStocks. And look, here comes Ian Clifford, Chief Executive Officer of ZENN Motor Company in an interview on WallSt.net, something ZENN is ...

EESTOR who? EPOD also working on vehicle ultracapacitor 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

There's been lots of speculation about the EESTOR ultracapacitor and just what kind of impact - if any - it will have on the hybrid and all-electric vehicle market. Just look below at the list of stories we've run in the past on the EESTOR and ZENN, which is the vehicle company the EESTORs are ...

Zenn buys into ultra capacitor company EEStor 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

ZENN Motor Company has paid $2.5 million for a 3.8 percent equity stake in ultra capacitor developer EEStor. The deal means that ZENN gets an exclusive deal for EEStor's batteries for small and medium sized vehicles. EEStor is going to use the money to fund the next stage of testing of their ...

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