Slowly getting there
You haven’t heard from us in a while because we have been participating in sandapalooza (sanding almost every night and weekend for over a month). Seven’s body is almost, but not quite ready for molds to be pulled from it. There’s still a lot to do. We are characteristically behind schedule. We’ve filled and smoothed as much as possible with Read the full article…
Seven is a sticky mess
We have a date set for a professional to visit the IMW workshop in mid-April and teach us how to pull a mold off of Seven. This means the month of March will be a flurry of activity, getting the body ready. Seven’s “skin” has always been rough. The team was behind schedule to meet the X-Prize Shakedown date so Read the full article…
February 2012 update
Work continues on Seven’s remodel. A lot of hours have been spent sculpting the new curves and making sure they’re as symmetrical as possible. The rear of the car is the most altered. It doesn’t flare out as far and now has body lines not unlike tail fins. The front of the car is a little narrower and has body Read the full article…
Seven under reconstruction
After putting a lot of miles on Seven this year, she’s back in the workshop for some cosmetic surgery. The body was constructed in February 2010 when the team was rushing to meet the X PRIZE deadline. The fit and finish wasn’t what we wanted or what Seven deserved. Now there is time to go back and make changes. This Read the full article…
EVCCON and Beyond
It’s been a busy couple of weeks here at Illuminati HQ. Nate and I headed down to Cape Girardeau Missouri to the first annual EVCCON hosted by Jack Rickard of EVTV fame. We met a lot of our old friends, some from X Prize and others from the EV community, and made many new ones. The convention was filled with Read the full article…
5000 miles +
After 5000 miles on the road, the 2010 IMW Seven has used approximately 24.2 equivalent gallons of gas in total electricity consumption. That’s just shy of a 2010 Cadillac Escalade’s gas tank capacity if you want to compare it to a more recent car. But I don’t. I can’t help but compare Seven to my first car, a 1974 Chevy Read the full article…
A Parade and The Drive for Innovation
Words words words…hmm let’s see, what happened this week… First, we got Seven running again with a new modified transmission and within a couple hours were participating in the Divernon Homecoming Parade ( the local annual parade and carnival). But the big news drove up to Illuminati Headquarters in a fire engine red 2011 Chevy Volt. Brian Fuller stopped for Read the full article…
It’s 216 miles to Cape Girardeau, we got a full charge, half a box of cookies, it’s dark and stormy… and we’re wearing sunglasses.
This past Saturday morning at 5:30 am members of the Illuminati gathered at the Hall of Seven (as our friends from TW4XP in Germany have named it) to take an unprecedented trip. We drove over 200 miles on a single charge down Interstate 55 from our headquarters to Cape Girardeau, Missouri to visit with Jack Rickard of EVTV fame. Representing Read the full article…
Vote for IMW in the EVTV Build Your Dream EV Contest
Since we started Seven gas prices haven’t gone down and neither have we stopped working to show the world what’s possible. We plan to continue the work we’ve begun, as it’s ever-growing need makes itself known each day we visit the gas pumps or turn on the nightly news. Team Illuminati has many ideas that we’re working on, not only Read the full article…
Be The Change!
I started this as a reply to a comment but I do tend to ramble. Funny thing is we are not keeping this technology a secret; it was all off the shelf. We have almost all of the technical details available online for anyone to see. I agree there should be more Sevens on the road. We even know how Read the full article…