We built a 4 seat BEV that has a range of over 200 miles. It achieves over 180 MPGe on the highway. It can go well over 85 mph. With its steel framework it is safe to drive in traffic. And the 10 cubic foot trunk room? You can stow a lot of groceries in there, along with a spare
We did it. We built a practical 100+ mpg car, that seats 4 adults, carries groceries, tows trailers, and we did it without a major sponsor. Josh said it best in the XPrize video on our video page. I will echo his words: “If you have the ability to change the status quo, I believe you have a responsibility to
We’ve had some requests for IMW t-shirts so one late night I took a few of the suggested slogans and put together artwork and a CafePress store to sell them. There’s virtually no profit to IMW for any of the sales ($1 an item is our margin), but we figured, hey, fans asked, we’ll do it. We’re happy for the
We were recently approached by Louis Palmer to represent North America in the Zero-Emissions Race around the world (http://www.zero-race.com/en/). It was an amazing honor to be considered to take part in this historic race of electric vehicles across 16 countries and my initial reaction was “YES! We’ll do it! We just have to figure out how.” Over several days, on
TW4XP, what a fun little car. Last night we were able to reunite with some of the friends we made through the X-prize. Martin Wolfgang and Bernd invited Illuminati Motor Works to a meeting of electric vehicle enthusiast who were hosting TW4XP in Champaign Illinois. I was treated to a demo ride in TW4XP, and I must say I really
We spent 2.4 billion tax dollars on developing technologies for the electric car. The technology for the electric car is here — it doesn’t need developing it needs implementing. The technology for the electric car has been here since 1900. What we needed is good batteries, but wait they are here now too. I don’t want to be rude or
I have found a calling; I don’t know how it happened. I was working a pretty nice job when fate stepped in. I was going through life day by day then I read the Illinois Times Article “Eyes on the Prize.” I was curious about this group of guys building an X PRIZE car, and I wanted to help out
“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” I believe the great one Wayne Gretzky said that. That quote has stuck with me since the inception of this project. We took our shot. We put everything we had into it, and, in my eyes, we succeeded. Are we walking away with one of those gaudy giant checks for $5M?
