Let us see, your car has bumpers consisting of foam and plastic (yes, you have an airbag, but that will just fracture your spine on impact) Ours is a carbon fiber body with a chassis built with 4130 and 1040 steel and a Kevlar fuel bladder capable of withstanding high-speed impacts. Oh a five-point harness and additional safety factors to lengthy to discuss are included, and not worth discussion, because more than likely it is beyond the scope of your mental acumen.
If anyone's vehicle will emulsify upon impact with a rodent crossing the street--it is yours.
Get a clue, idiot.
Greetings,
As far as our innovative technology is concerned, a majority of it is proprietary and not for public consumption--that is why the website is restricted in its information content.
As far as your (jonbrewer) heterodox facts pertaining to the Lupo are concerned: at the time the car reached Washington, DC, after driving 12,116 miles from Berlin, the cumulative average fuel usage was 95.2 mpg (2.47 l/100 km). In addition, yes, they were maintaining an average of 87 KPH or around 55 MPH: A variable in the standard driving cycle, which is officially recognized as the speed from which vehicles are rated for fuel economy. The 78.7 MPG was achieved after 20,712 ROAD miles. I would say, that no matter how you identify with these facts, it is impressive on any level.
True, the website is short of a professional grade. However, for free--it seems to the job. In fact, it works so well, that it continues to echo a societal perspective that is purblind at best regarding Hybrid technologies . For your edification, the website was produced by an individual who volunteered his time to work on something that he could clearly see was great--he was not a webmaster but, had the minimum skills to contrive a functional site when we needed it.
Your nescience opinion regarding our technology does not surprise me. Having worked on this project for three years as the design lead, my experiences with the public have demonstrated unequivocally that people are quick to point out the mistakes, misfortunes and failures of others. Neither capable of understanding nor able to engage in a similar endeavor, they dignify those who represent a passion to do things great at any cost, with languid dogma and a short sightedness.
I am sure my synopsis falls short of being considered a raconteur but, I find it rather troublesome that comments such as yours are not alone. We are nothing more than a group of individuals that set out to do what "they" said could not be done. The PNGV had 10 years to achieve this milestone, and they failed. Now we have an administration who thinks fuel cells are the answer--in twenty years, maybe. Nevertheless, for now we need an interim solution, the L3 Enigma (I purport) represents just that.
In closing, my prolix aside, a demonstration of the L3's capabilities would end all incredulity in this matter. Furthermore, it would unequivocally demonstrate that our "strategy" is truly unique and a technology to be recognized.
Regards,
Design Lead, L3 Enigma
Greetings,
I would like to set the facts straight to those who see this as a "Rip-off". The body was, in fact manufactured by Thunder Ranch. However, this is a one-of-kind mold that has undergone significant modification from the original. In fact, a computer model
representing the topological changes is found on my website (www.njaneer.com). From those geometric specifications
a new mold was created: It is truly a one-of-a-kind.
Secondly, we have spoken to the original designer of the RIOT body (the one McBurnie appropriated) at the SEMA show this year in Las Vegas. Needless to say, this person is not too happy with Mr. McBurnie and to this day has remained persona-non-grata. Oh, and Mr. McBurnie has yet to supply the owner with a single royalty for using the body design.
Our business dealings with him were horrendous. I recommend to all who care to listen not to affiliate their business with this organization. How they mange to stay in business, continues to leave me in perpetual state of incredulity. We will never conduct business with Thunder Ranch again.
McBurnie may have dabbled with electric car technology, however, his frivolous efforts pale in comparison to the L3 technology.
A 260 Hp, 80 MPG "True" Parallel hybrid electric vehicle with fly-by-wire technology is vastly superior to anything McBurnie
has produced or, ever will. The mere mentioning of his efforts (or him period) in conjunction with ours, serves as a extreme injustice towards the Herculean effort that it took to design and manufacture an entire vehicle from the ground up with 6-8 students in a haphazard lab complete with antiquated equipment and a shoestring budget.
If you must comment, try ascertaining the facts first.
Sincerely,
Design Lead and Vice President, L3 Research Inc.
I suggest you first, ascertain the facts about the Lupo TDI MPG. It averaged 90+ MPG for the first 12,000 miles on it's around the world tour.
Furthermore, a combined 260 Hp power plant is for Hybrids is remarkable to begin with. Considering that you only need about 15Kw of energy to mainatin a velocity of 55 MPH, what do you do with the other 35 Kw the Lupo has remaining-why ofcourse, you enage in self-sustained battery recharge on-the-fly.
I suggest you study up on Hybrid technology, before you comment on the solution stratedgy of this vehicle.
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Let us see, your car has bumpers consisting of foam and plastic (yes, you have an airbag, but that will just fracture your spine on impact) Ours is a carbon fiber body with a chassis built with 4130 and 1040 steel and a Kevlar fuel bladder capable of withstanding high-speed impacts. Oh a five-point harness and additional safety factors to lengthy to discuss are included, and not worth discussion, because more than likely it is beyond the scope of your mental acumen. If anyone's vehicle will emulsify upon impact with a rodent crossing the street--it is yours. Get a clue, idiot.
Yea, the VCR cost a $1000 when it first came out. You need to pick another planet to orbit around.
Greetings, As far as our innovative technology is concerned, a majority of it is proprietary and not for public consumption--that is why the website is restricted in its information content. As far as your (jonbrewer) heterodox facts pertaining to the Lupo are concerned: at the time the car reached Washington, DC, after driving 12,116 miles from Berlin, the cumulative average fuel usage was 95.2 mpg (2.47 l/100 km). In addition, yes, they were maintaining an average of 87 KPH or around 55 MPH: A variable in the standard driving cycle, which is officially recognized as the speed from which vehicles are rated for fuel economy. The 78.7 MPG was achieved after 20,712 ROAD miles. I would say, that no matter how you identify with these facts, it is impressive on any level. True, the website is short of a professional grade. However, for free--it seems to the job. In fact, it works so well, that it continues to echo a societal perspective that is purblind at best regarding Hybrid technologies . For your edification, the website was produced by an individual who volunteered his time to work on something that he could clearly see was great--he was not a webmaster but, had the minimum skills to contrive a functional site when we needed it. Your nescience opinion regarding our technology does not surprise me. Having worked on this project for three years as the design lead, my experiences with the public have demonstrated unequivocally that people are quick to point out the mistakes, misfortunes and failures of others. Neither capable of understanding nor able to engage in a similar endeavor, they dignify those who represent a passion to do things great at any cost, with languid dogma and a short sightedness. I am sure my synopsis falls short of being considered a raconteur but, I find it rather troublesome that comments such as yours are not alone. We are nothing more than a group of individuals that set out to do what "they" said could not be done. The PNGV had 10 years to achieve this milestone, and they failed. Now we have an administration who thinks fuel cells are the answer--in twenty years, maybe. Nevertheless, for now we need an interim solution, the L3 Enigma (I purport) represents just that. In closing, my prolix aside, a demonstration of the L3's capabilities would end all incredulity in this matter. Furthermore, it would unequivocally demonstrate that our "strategy" is truly unique and a technology to be recognized. Regards, Design Lead, L3 Enigma
Greetings, I would like to set the facts straight to those who see this as a "Rip-off". The body was, in fact manufactured by Thunder Ranch. However, this is a one-of-kind mold that has undergone significant modification from the original. In fact, a computer model representing the topological changes is found on my website (www.njaneer.com). From those geometric specifications a new mold was created: It is truly a one-of-a-kind. Secondly, we have spoken to the original designer of the RIOT body (the one McBurnie appropriated) at the SEMA show this year in Las Vegas. Needless to say, this person is not too happy with Mr. McBurnie and to this day has remained persona-non-grata. Oh, and Mr. McBurnie has yet to supply the owner with a single royalty for using the body design. Our business dealings with him were horrendous. I recommend to all who care to listen not to affiliate their business with this organization. How they mange to stay in business, continues to leave me in perpetual state of incredulity. We will never conduct business with Thunder Ranch again. McBurnie may have dabbled with electric car technology, however, his frivolous efforts pale in comparison to the L3 technology. A 260 Hp, 80 MPG "True" Parallel hybrid electric vehicle with fly-by-wire technology is vastly superior to anything McBurnie has produced or, ever will. The mere mentioning of his efforts (or him period) in conjunction with ours, serves as a extreme injustice towards the Herculean effort that it took to design and manufacture an entire vehicle from the ground up with 6-8 students in a haphazard lab complete with antiquated equipment and a shoestring budget. If you must comment, try ascertaining the facts first. Sincerely, Design Lead and Vice President, L3 Research Inc.
I suggest you first, ascertain the facts about the Lupo TDI MPG. It averaged 90+ MPG for the first 12,000 miles on it's around the world tour. Furthermore, a combined 260 Hp power plant is for Hybrids is remarkable to begin with. Considering that you only need about 15Kw of energy to mainatin a velocity of 55 MPH, what do you do with the other 35 Kw the Lupo has remaining-why ofcourse, you enage in self-sustained battery recharge on-the-fly. I suggest you study up on Hybrid technology, before you comment on the solution stratedgy of this vehicle.