Could ultracaps be our energy-storage saviour?
My Clean Break column today is a bit of an update on ZENN Motor, the potential of EEStor’s EESU, and an interesting comment about EEStor from Elon Musk, co-founder and CEO of Tesla Motors, who before becoming an entrepreneur had plans to enroll in engineering graduate studies and focus on ultracapacitors for vehicles. I also mention some interesting work on ultracapacitor materials being done at Queen’s University in Kingston, and talk about a new ultracapacitor bus operating in Shanghai that will be demonstrated Wednesday in Washington, D.C. (for another more detailed article on the ultracap bus check out this Technology Review article).
Tags: EEStor, Elon Musk, Foton Bus, Ian Clifford, Sinautec, Tesla Motors, ZENN
Tyler Hamilton is editor-in-chief of Corporate Knights magazine and a business columnist for the Toronto Star, Canada's largest daily newspaper. In addition to this Clean Break blog, Tyler writes a weekly column of the same name that discusses trends, happenings and innovators in the clean technology and green energy market. This blog is a personal project started in April 2005. It is not an official blog of the newspaper.
October 19th, 2009 at 9:43 pm
Eestor…it’s the stuff that dreams are made of! Well, here’s hoping dreams come true for something that would accelerate EV’s and Renewable energy to the fast track, cutting their wide-spread adoption by years. Perhaps you could give Dick Weir a call for a follow-up article? If you fly into Austin for it, I’ll even pick you up and carry your stuff to the Interview;-) I’ll even give you the secret to getting the interview- offer to take him out for BBQ for lunch- no Texan could refuse it!
October 20th, 2009 at 11:18 am
So, Tyler, do you have any Zenn stock?…..I have an audio copy of the infamous Dick Weir interview…..I don’t know if he is lying to investors or not….intriguing
October 22nd, 2009 at 10:03 am
Tyler,
When you get a chance you should interview Rudyard Istvan of NanoCarbons. Rudyard is an expert in ultracapacitors and runs a successful company.
Is Zenn committing Fraud?
http://www.gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?p=31023#post31023
October 23rd, 2009 at 11:38 am
Since ZENN is a public company, why is there no involvement from regulators. Are they waiting for another BreX?