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Illuminati Motor Works 'Seven'
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.
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10-21-2010, 10:26 PM
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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...
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That car looks awefully familiar for some reason
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Neil -
I was channeling Tucker too, partially because of it's size.
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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."
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Illuminati Motor Works "Seven" gets 207.5MPGe.
Illuminati Motor Works: Blog
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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.
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