Illuminati Motor Works 'Seven'

[NeilBlanchard]

Hello,

The Illuminati Motor Works 'Seven" as you may know is an X-Prize contestant -- they were the only competitor to the Edison2 Very Light Cars in the Mainstream class, and they were eliminated because of a problem with their clutch. Well, they have fixed that, and have been refining the electrics and trying to balance the pack better. And today we get a report from Kevin Smith about a real world range test, and energy consumption numbers:

Illuminati Motor Works: Blog

Spoiler alert: the range at the moment is nearly 200 miles, and the energy used on that drive yielded 217.8MPGe -- both very impressive, indeed. I'm following their progress, and you should, too.

[NeilBlanchard]

I hope these pictures can be seen:

[Frank Lee]

Thanks for the pics; the other day I tried to look at pics and my puter wouldn't bring 'em up. :/

Looks like they could have saved themselves a buncha work by hacking up a Speedster kit steada starting from scratch...

[rmay635703]

That car looks awefully familiar for some reason

[NeilBlanchard]

[Old Mechanic]

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Hehe I beat Frank to it .

regards
Mech

[NeilBlanchard]

I think it is even more like the Tucker Torpedo.

Google Image Result for http://files.conceptcarz.com/img/Tucker/48_Tucker_Torpedo_DV-06-RMM-06.jpg

[cfg83]

Neil -

I was channeling Tucker too, partially because of it's size.

CarloSW2

[Bicycle Bob]

It looks as if it was styled by a committee that was given a few pictures for inspiration, and then assigned different parts. "It has a certain syrup, but it doesn't pour."

[NeilBlanchard]

Illuminati Motor Works "Seven" gets 207.5MPGe.

Illuminati Motor Works: Blog

Final Stats:

207.5 MPGe
160.42 Wh/mile
Road Load Coefficient A: 12.18
Road Load Coefficient B: 0.0853
Road Load Coefficient C: 0.00976
Vehicle Weight = 2900 lbs.

This proves Seven to be the most efficient, street legal full size sedan in the world.