Comments on: Zenn Ditches Car Production Plans to Focus on EEStor Drive Train

By: Zenn Ends Vehicle Production, Lays Off Staff in EEStor Bet

Zenn Ends Vehicle Production, Lays Off Staff in EEStor Bet — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:01:19 +0000

[...] companies has been months in the making. Last fall, CEO Ian Clifford told reporters the company no longer planned to sell its first highway-speed electric car, the cityZenn, and that it would “shift focus away” from its existing product, the [...]

By: Zenn Reiterates Focus on EEStor Vehicles

Zenn Reiterates Focus on EEStor Vehicles — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 02:25:29 +0000

[...] electric vehicle maker Zenn has been pretty clear in press interviews about its future plans with stealthy energy storage firm EEStor. Back in September Zenn said it [...]

By: All That’s Left of Zenn Is EEStor Speculation and Hope

All That’s Left of Zenn Is EEStor Speculation and Hope — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:01:05 +0000

[...] Last month Zenn CEO Ian Clifford told reporters of his change in strategy, and that Zenn would no longer plan to sell its own higher-speed electric vehicle (the cityZENN car), and would also “shift focus away” from the low-speed electric it currently sells. While Clifford has had this vision of an “Intel Inside model” with EEStor for awhile (selling the ultracaps for other companies’ cars the way Intel’s chips are used in many companies’ PCs) he had not yet let the world know that he was trimming away any part of the company not based on the EEStor technology. [...]

By: waltinseattle

waltinseattle — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:46:44 +0000

Is there an engineer in da house ?

Seems like everybody wants the safety of being the components and dealing only with other businesses whom they expect to put it on the line and take the public risks on their behalf. Is this sounding far from it? Then the games go something like this: “my stuff is great, you misapplied it and asked of it what I told you it couldn’t. Your bad, not mine”

Gotta agree the bit about these guys not being able to get money equal to the grounds budget for a modest top end estate is fishy to my nose. (refering to the link above http://www.gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2999)

By: In the Shadow of Fisker DoE Loan, Zenn to End Production | Fisker Car Forum

In the Shadow of Fisker DoE Loan, Zenn to End Production | Fisker Car Forum — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:15:10 +0000

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By: Jerry M

Jerry M — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 23:36:20 +0000

Jim I don’t recommend the site taa is referring you to. That is the site with the blogger with the bag over his head. Baghead and his believers interest is to pump Zenn. Baghead does an excellent job pumping Zenn that he can get BS information from Ian Clifford CEO of Zenn on a Saturday.

I recommend this site:
http://www.gm-volt.com/forum/showthread.php?t=2999

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 22:04:15 +0000

Keep in mind that vehicles over 3000lbs could license directly with EEStor rather than going through ZENN. At least that was the original idea before they decided to just make the drive trains. Is it still the same? A lot of vehicles are over 3000lbs nowadays. My Honda Accord is just over this...

By: taa

taa — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:16:22 +0000

Jim!

I guess you haven’t followed Zenn or Eestor very closly.
Zenns future is completely interwoven with the the delivery of the EESU.
I recommend this site for all the latest on this front: http://theeestory.com

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:20:42 +0000

So Zenn is really just an EESTOR investor at this point. I don't think they have the credibility to even build a powertrain at this point, and who would buy it? If EESTOR's technology works, then OEMs would buy the units directly for use in their own designs.

Unfortunately, I don't think EESTOR's technology will work, but I guess this has been something to occupy journalists....