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I asked my children and they said that...
LOL means "Laughing out loud"
I see that you are LOL in such an exuberant way.
I hope that you didn't injure yourself laughing.
I don't mean to be picky, but...
What is so funny about a director of the company that is in charge of monitoring all of the legal aspects of this very complicated path that we are on, finding the need to sell a crummy 4,200 shares of restricted stock at a time like this?
I wasn't amused at all. In fact, that made me a little concerned about my investment. I would have found a way to float him a loan, as I'm sure many of the long term investors here would have gladly done to avoid what that definitive action of his looks like.
Finally, An SEC filing with some definitive news......
http://app.quotemedia.com/quotetools/showFiling.go?name=TORVEC%20INC:%20144,%20Sub-Doc%201&link=...
And, it is one of the directors planning a restricted TOVC stock sale.
I’m sorry but...,
What are we doing here?
Is this sale really necessary?
Is there a message here?
Eaton Corporation (NYSE:ETN) announced today that....
"the company’s medium-duty hybrid power systems are now commercially available and will be ready for customer deliveries in 2008 on the chassis of several major North American commercial vehicle manufacturers."
Eaton is also developing advanced hybrid systems using hydraulic power. Working with the Environmental Protection Agency under a Cooperative Research and Development agreement, Eaton is helping develop a “series hydraulic hybrid” power system that combines a high-efficiency diesel engine and a unique hydraulic propulsion system to replace the conventional drivetrain and transmission. The vehicle uses hydraulic pump/motors and hydraulic storage tanks to recover and store energy, similar to what is done with electric motors and batteries in hybrid electric vehicles.
Eaton also has a “parallel hydraulic hybrid” system that utilizes regenerative braking and has a number of other applications. This system, known as the Eaton HLA® system (Hydraulic Launch Assist), is being initially targeted at refuse trucks.
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070809005...
Of course we learned from the CEO update that "Torvec is following a parallel path".
It would be nice if it is a “parallel hydraulic hybrid” path.
This might be a bit picky, but....
They said "organized short selling"
And, I think the organized kind is the kind to try to avoid.
"are they really that complex/ expensive to make?"
No, but they are that expensive to buy and that was the selling price, not the cost to manufacture.
These, I'm sure, are more heavy duty than the CV Joint that you are thinking of as they are for a Military application. We really need to "beef" them up for our Military. That would make them expensive to purchase. Remember you are now an owner of the company and there is profit for you included in that selling price.
I know you guys don't like questions, but;
Wasn't there something in that CEO update from yesterday that would have required an 8-K filing or some other kind of SEC filing?
It seemed to me that there were so many good things in that CEO Update that seemed sort of material in nature that I kind of expected that an 8-K would have been in the works.
Maybe it will come later today, and maybe one is not required.
If the 8-k was not required, doesn't that mean that all of the subject matter of the CEO Update is not at the "Definitive Agreement" stage as of yet?
Imagine how much this stock price will gain when we get to that stage.
Here's to a new column of XXX's...
on the P&F chart today.
http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.pnf?c=tovc,P
My calculation totaled more sales than yours....
A possible minimum of 40,000 vehicles times 8 CV joints times $500 per CV joint
totals $160,000,000 in sales.
A possible maximum of 160,000 vehicles times 8 CV joints times $500 per CV joint
totals $640,000,000 in sales.
That changes nice to very nice.
Dread, where are you?...
Looks like the SAIC deal is not completely lifeless.
There might just be hope after all.
Let's see... 8 billion Yuan bond issue.
"SAIC in first step to take over Nanjing Auto"
That part is soon to be history....
"SAIC will spend two billion yuan on possible mergers and acquisitions within the next three years, according to a previous report." ($264 Million USD)
SAIC is looking to invest in necessary technologies.
That ought to get them a little bit of something.
Again, I wonder what is on the shopping list.
To answer your question...
Yes, I have communicated directly with the company numerous times, but never by phone. Sometimes it has been with lots of satisfaction, and sometimes with very little.
I prefer to not bother the company with any direct questions over the phone. They have a schedule, while I don't. They read this board, so I’ve been told, and if that is true, they know my questions. They will answer them if they want in a very public way. If they were to tell one person the answer, then that is not productive to getting the word out. Any information should come from them, when they want, not someone that they decided to tell due to some persistent telephone pestering. If they get the answers out to the public by using your recommended method, then there could be confusion and misinterpretations based on the translation of the message. Is that the confusion and misinterpretation that you are speaking of?
Sorry about being a "picky" person. It is just my nature. In the long run, I think it leads to less confusion and misinterpretation.
That's what I thought...
Did you see any reporters pick them up as news?
No, with the exception of Velvet Spicer's news story in the Rochester Business Journal.
Don't you think that Ms. Spicer reached out a little on that one?
So, most of them weren't really news, they were information, like you just said.
I'm waiting for (good) news.
How about you?
You know, the kind of business news that is worthy of being picked up by the news services.
I appreciated all the information too, don't get me wrong.
All of that is good, but it wasn't really news.
Those information updates created a lot more questions than answers.
I know that a lot of things are confidential and that is ok.
So we wait, and that is ok.
"the news within the last six months seems to answer"...
Which Torvec news story?
Can you post one of the news items about Torvec that you are referring to?
I would like to read one the Torvec news items.
Or, did you mean the news about other companies?
Thanks.
School Buses Of The Future Are Here Today
Tue, 31 Jul 2007, 22:20
“Perhaps the ultimate in environmental school buses is the new diesel-electric hybrid recently unveiled by IC Corporation. This hybrid bus uses plug-in technology to achieve improved fuel efficiency ratings of 70 to 100 percent. The diesel emissions on a hybrid school bus can be improved by up to 90 percent. The first districts to use the hybrid buses have raved about performance on the road and overall fuel savings for the school district.”
http://news.carjunky.com/school-buses-of-the-future-cde773.shtml
I still do not see how this IC Corporation technology can fail to include the environmental impact of the emissions necessary to produce the electricity to charge the batteries in these vehicles. Do they expect us to believe that the batteries are recharged free of an environmental impact? Does that power come for free? Isn’t there an environmental impact of the batteries themselves? I am imagining that there is some hazards associated with the disposition of the batteries in these busses. Once all of these environmental impacts are included in the efficiencies calculation, it would seem to me that Torvec’s technologies are going to end up being much more efficient than the technologies in this article.
It seems to me that IC Corporation is misleading the consumers of the efficiencies of this technology.
Can glass save gas? PPG thinks so....
The patented metallic coating applied to the inside of two layers of glass molded together reflects about 50 percent of the sun's ultraviolet rays and infrared energy, Rustagi said, in describing PPG's Sungate glass.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/business/s_520580.html
Did someone say metallic coating?
Gee, I wonder if that would carry an electrical impulse current.
Gee, I wonder if that could be connected to Torvec’s equipment to De-Ice the windows.
Oh, that’s right; Torvec gave that intellectual property back to the inventor.
Hmmmmm, let’s see; the auditors condemned that intellectual property as being impaired.
Good thing we cashed that one out before it was totally worthless.
What do you think the chances are that PPG will hear from the new Ice-Tech owners?
Maybe we can hear from the auditing department; they are the experts.
“With just "modest reductions" in the amount of energy an air conditioner uses to cool a car's interior, the U.S. could improve its fuel savings by one mile per gallon, according to a report from the Department of Energy's research laboratory in Golden.”
Imagine the energy savings that would occur if we didn’t need to run the engine for 15 minutes to melt the ice off the car’s windshields.
Since Torvec has announced that ......
"The IVT is ready for production and is being adapted for installation in regulation-size schools buses as part of our school-bus program"
How about modifying the School Bus Bonding proposal to rent some space to do this work? It seems to me that there is a mighty fine spot right in our neighborhood. A spot where there is:
Huge Space: nearly three million square feet of warehouses, industrial buildings and office space at bargain prices. Offered at any size from one month to ten years.
Convenient Location: within a day’s drive of over half of North America’s population.
Easy access: buildings are docked high, tractor-trailer and rail car accessible. We even have a 7,600 foot runway that will broaden our logistics capabilities.
Hi-Tech: state of the art wireless inventory management systems.
Economically Beneficial: located in an Empire State Economic Development Zone; which offers tax benefits, utility credits and a number of other activities.
check it out at.... http://www.pezlake.com/
Hey, and this space is even controlled by a Torvec board member.
This would create lots of real good jobs in a location where good jobs would be appreciated.
Newspeedwayboogie2, when you present the facts that……
“1) Nissan doesn't care if those race teams win”
How can you make that statement? How can a sponsor of a race team not care if the race team wins? Granted that might not be the most important goal of the racing experience, and there might be other more important goals, but they have to care about winning.
2) “they are interested in seeing how the diff holds up under the most extreme driving conditions (races).”
How could you come to that conclusion? I thought that they took for granted that the Iso-torque differential would “hold up” and that the reason that they were using it was for the designed advantages? How could the advantage that they were looking to see was that it could hold up? Wasn’t the advantage that the power would go to the wheel that had the traction? Wouldn’t that allow the vehicle to have better traction, less tire wear, better stability and control, advantages to negotiate a pass on a corner, faster speeds on the corners, etc, etc, etc. You know, all the dreams of a race car driver, all wrapped up in one piece of equipment.
3) “The Tranmission is being tested by NASA, as are the differentials”
Torvec’s transmission is a Hydraulic IVT, the one you say is at NASA is an electrical powered power train system that is fundamentally entirely different than the original IVT. Your statement makes me think that you would be satisfied that the NASA “tranmission” testing would somehow validate the Hydraulic IVT invention. How is that so?
It does look like the Iso-torque differentials that NASA is testing are essentially the same as they original Iso-torques differentials. Hopefully NASA is not testing them primarily to see if they will "hold up". I would like them to be testing the differentials for the essential function that they desire.
4) “Torvec is certainly not a company that relies on computers”
Give me a break. Not one of these inventions could have been invented in the time allowed without the use of a computer. The computer assisted design and math capabilities are the basis for coming up with an invention that is worthy of the “real world” testing on dirt and pavement. I recall that there was a statement once by the company that went something like this…. “The mathematics essential to the invention of the Iso-torque differential gear design were mathematics that earlier computers were not even capable of computing.” So, in your world, we would take some chalk and do the math on the sidewalk or pavement or scratch it out in the dirt at the race track, even though we don’t care about winning the race.
Keep in mind, the NASA project is really a race too.
Let’s be realistic about these statements, maybe you could take out some of the emotion that leads you to word your views in such an unbelievable manner.
Now, let’s race to commercialization of the technologies.
Constant velocity joints to the rescue....
GKN’s main business is automotive components. Here it has been shielded from the worst impacts of global overcapacity by its proprietary technology in such areas as constant velocity joints.
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/98248180-412c-11dc-8f37-0000779fd2ac.html
Red, White and Blue .....
I like that design idea that you described.
I have been reading lots about the Cerberus moves that they are planning so far and have thought about the endless possibilities of how Torvec's technologies could be brought into the scenario.
For examples, they have plans for:
A new high efficiency transmission plant
A new high efficiency axle plant
The new transmission could one day easily include Torvec technology. I know that they are, for now, doing the six speed dual clutch, or so it has been reported.
The High efficiency axle could very easily become a couple of Torvec's constant velocity joints attached to an Iso-torque differential. What more would anyone need to make the world's most efficient axle? This would enable independent suspension at all wheels.
As far as the speed of the deal goes for Cerberus, I see that one differently than you. Hurray for the difference. Well, anyway, I see the decision makers on both sides of the deal smiling that they got a really good deal and both are trying to figure out why the other side is so foolish. That quality makes for a true deal; one where there are no losers.
See, a deal can be done fairly quickly.....
"It announced the deal with Cerberus on May 14, exactly three months after Mr. Zetsche disclosed that the company was considering a sale of Chrysler."
And it is closed on August 3rd, ... the same year.
It will be interesting to watch this one unfold as the private firm will likely make some changes that we haven't seen in the American auto companies in recent times.
Maybe that's what they mean by "Get Ready".
Hey Artguy, did you have any input on the new logo to be unveiled on Monday?
This is pretty scary, Neb
For practical purposes, the only value of an investment in this company is the value of the inventions that is protected by the various world wide patent offices.
It is interesting that the US patent office is actually offering assistants to the pirates of technologies. This trend to weaken the defense that the inventors had is astonishing.
With Torvec's 50 plus patent applications in the last fiscal year, it seems that those inventions and betterments to the original inventions must be subject to the concerns outlined in your post.
This is a pretty sad state of affairs. There seems to be a need for some global rules. Why would the US government be so interested in making piracy of patentable technology easier to be accomplished?
They are building a fence at the border, and provide digital information to the pirates that sit at a computer in their homeland. That seems to be a conflict.
All of this helps me to understand part of the delay in getting the technologies commercialized. Torvec needs to take additional steps to guard against this weakness in the patent system; and that must take more time.
Torvec goes in to production.....
The production of LAWSUITS.
How many lawsuits will it take to create a commercialization event?
Well, at least Torvec has a great tract record, so far, of winning all of them.
This one seems like it might be an easy lawsuit to win also.
This lawsuit is just another distraction in my view.
I really would like some news about the progress of the inventions. According to JG at the shareholder’s meeting, there have been at least 50 new patents in that last year. I would be sure that there have been more patents since the annual meeting too. This is such an exciting time for this company, and here we are, feeling sorry for ourselves, all because some idiots can't understand a simple contract and they are confused about their entitlements.
Other TOVC technologies to be advanced first....
Well maybe so, that makes a lot of sense.
Here is what others are realizing about CV Joints...
"Though there was a gradual increase in the consumption of Chinese-made CV joints, it fell down drastically and a great number of end users and retailers realized that such products don't even have the minimum quality standards," he said.
One of the traders who attended the seminar added that although he was engaged in selling NKN CV joints, he never knew the advance technology involved in manufacturing them.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=1093160268
Wait till they get a chance to see Torvec's CV Joint.
A further implication of those posts.....
This won't mean much to the readers of this Torvec board,
but, "Nanjing Automobile Corporation announced plans just over a year ago to build an MG assembly plant in southern Oklahoma.
Ardmore Chamber President Wes Stucky says negotiations continue but issues within the Chinese government are standing in the way and license issues involving the merger of Nanjing and Shanghai Automotive must be resolved."
http://www.kotv.com/news/local/story/?id=132332
Can you imagine that.... Licensing Issues.....Ponder that one for a bit.
The implications of these two posts....
12150 & 12154 was that a long, long time ago, seems like a different lifetime, there was a Chinese company named SAIC who visited Torvec to learn about the Torvec tech with the implication that there was going to be an offer submitted to acquire the rights to certain technologies. This activity would certainly have qualified as a commercialization event. Then there was a quiet period that has never yet ended.
Now we have SAIC floating 8 Billion Yuan in bonds for acquisitions. Seeing as Torvec, once was thought to have been a target, I though about posting the information for the bond issue. There might be a few dots to connect there. I was hoping so. Then I found the second post that showed exactly what one of the acquisitions is for part of the bond monies. That is why I posted the second post. You see there is still Hundreds of Millions of US dollars available to SAIC for the acquisitions according to the two posts, which could be for the acquisition for the Torvec Tech. If you read back, through the CEO updates you will find a specific example of a possible SAIC deal that was outlined. That was then and we are in the present. However, these things take time and certainly, enough time has passed to make this deal do-able now with the bonding proceeds and the like. I'm just not sure if it is still on the table. I was hoping that it still is in the mix. I would think that if you want to DCA your shares down, you might want to do that sooner rather than later if there is anything to this activity of SAIC. My thoughts on this are merely speculation, and they are only my thoughts. It certainly seems to me to be a logical course of events.
My post on China's CVT's was just information that is out there that the members of this board might be interested in. It was really nothing more than that. It seems to me that China would have skipped the CVT tech and gone directly to the IVT tech. However, there is a problem with that. It is simply that they do not have the IVT tech, and it is protected by Torvec's patents. So, they will have to get licensed for it, which brings us back to the other two posts.
Also, Wave's point is important, as the two techs (IVT & CVT) are really quite different. It seems to me that the IVT is starting to be rejected by certain OEM's in the USA. There was a posting about Ford's decision to discontinue the use of the CVT in their non-hybrid models.
China-Made CVT Transmission To Be Produced Next Year
SHANGHAI - July 24, 2007: Luoyang Sanming Industry Co. announced their plans last Thursday to initiate production of China's first independently patented CVT transmission. Production will begin by the first quarter of 2008 with a total investment of 220 million yuan. The planned annual output will be 50,000 units.
Luoyang Sanming Industry Co., Ltd is one of the main private corporations in Henan Province. Having spent five years, from 1997 to 2002, to successfully develop the Continuously Variable Transmission (CVT). The CVT technique owned by Sanming Company is China's only independent intellectual property in the field of advanced automobile technique to be awarded a national invention patent. The use of CVT will make China the third country to have an independent CVT transmission patent behind Germany and Japan.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2007/07/24/056053.html
It took 11 years, but it is now said to be production ready.
SAIC in first step to take over Nanjing Auto
"SAIC will spend two billion yuan on possible mergers and acquisitions within the next three years, according to a previous report." ($264 Million USD)
http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=325035&type=Business
It looks like the the "acquisition at home" part is set.
Shanghai Auto to issue 8bln yuan in bonds
"It had also earmarked 5 billion yuan for possible mergers and acquisitions at home and abroad"
($1=7.563 Yuan)
http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&WTmodLOC=C3-News-2&symbol=600104...
$662.5 Million USD
Wonder what will be on their shopping list?
As I recall, SAIC stock price was about $5.00 when we last were discussing this company, and now it is $23.84
BorgWarner Board Approves Drivetrain Campus
Drivetrain Campus in Mexico: The new Drivetrain Campus in Mexico will support the company's first North American program for dual-clutch transmission modules as well as other transmission and all-wheel drive business. The plant is expected to produce some 680,000 dual-clutch transmission modules annually at full production volumes.
http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2007/07/25/056221.html
Another new transmission plant.
Well, there hasn't been a new one approved in weeks.
Maybe they someday will need Torvec's tech in the "other transmission business" section of the plant.
Go Torvec!
Mine-specific vehicles
The vehicle’s hydrostatic drive motors are mounted at the wheel-ends, making conventional drive shafts redundant. “Your new drive shaft is a piece of rubber hose full of oil,” says product developer Lance Eder.
“The wheel motors are low speed, high torque, which is ideal for a mining vehicle which needs to carry heavy loads. The space saving is a big selling factor and one that could not be achieved with a conventional drive shaft layout,” adds Eder
The main hydraulic pump, which is mounted to the engine flywheel, produces flow and pressure for the drive motors and, through an auxiliary pump, produces flow and pressure for the steering and fail-safe brake system.
The automotive controller fitted to the main pump adjusts hydraulic flow and pressure according to throttle demand, thereby placing a low-duty cycle on the engine.
A feature of this design is that no one part of the drive train overtaxes another, says Eder.
The turning circle of the LP personnel vehicle is less than 10 m in diameter, and that of the HP support model 12 m in diameter.
“The feedback has been excellent,” reports Gil of the LP personnel carrier at Angloplats. “The next step is to convert the trial run into a commercial order.”
http://www.miningweekly.co.za/article.php?a_id=112123
Seems like some of the Torvec tech could really help these guys out.
Well, here is the official reason.....
"Latest News
2007 has certainly been a development year for us with the Nissan. We are making progress although you might not see it this weekend at Barber. None of the 4 cars we brought (2 Koni cars and 2 GT cars) took the green flag for their races. The Koni cars both had motor failures early on which is unusual. One was the motor we just finished running fine at Mid Ohio with. There were no changes to the motor, just bad luck.
The GT cars are getting closer but after Mid Ohio 3 weeks earlier we did some engine work to get up to speed with the rest of the field. I think we are there on power now, not more but the same as the other cars. In the process we had overheating concerns. Both of the GT motors failed as well. We qualified one car and were 2 seconds off the pole. That is encouraging since we have been over 4 seconds off until now. We need to work on the handling but couldn't do much this weekend due to overheating now allowing more than 3 laps at a time.
In light of best results we are going to skip Montreal and do some more work to get ready for Salt Lake City. I am sure we will be better again there. I'm not sure when we will challenge for the lead/win but it's getting closer in that direction. A new car from ground up takes time to develop and we have been patient. I can't wait to reap the benefits.
David Murry"
http://www.davidmurry.com/
The question that bothers you.....
was my attempt to bring up a discussion point.
If you want to participate on a discussion board, but do not want to discuss the topic, you don't have to.
There is a procedure to ignore a poster.
Why don't you set your system to ignore my posts if my discussion points are bothering you?
I really don't see why you would be bothered by a simple question.
If you think that my question is critical of the company, then you must think that there is a critical problem.
Do you think that there is a critical problem?
I directed the question to you because you hold yourself out to be an authority and have answered other questions in the past.
My question was not intended to be critical to the company at all.
I have a few shares, and really wanted to have a discussion of the topic on this board.
I truly was wondering about the answer and felt that you might know the answer, sorry.
In fact, I have a lot of new discussion points.
This is a very exciting time for this company.
Some things will go well and some things will not.
We disagree on this, but the "due diligence" level that I intend to maintain is more than reading the SEC filings and the CEO updates.
I don't really think that my postings annoy everyone on this board even though it annoys you from time to time.
And, to answer your question, I do not think that the letter was BS.
I thought that the letter was quite sincere and quite simply put.
I was surprised that they went on so much about pushing the car around the shop instead of driving it.
I think that the race team had a problem, figured out the solution, and is very excited about the prospect of winning future races with the Torvec equipment installed in the race car.
I share that excitement.
I also think that the rules committee must be reviewing the equipment to ascertain if it can be allowed in the race.
I think that a ruling on the equipment is part of the reason for the confusion for this last race, but that is just speculation.
I won’t be calling the company directly.
They read this board and will include the answers to questions in the future CEO updates if they want to.
CVT's bite the dust at Ford.
"The 500's continuously variable transmission (CVT) is history.
Ben Winter, chief engineer for the Taurus and Taurus X (the new name for the Freestyle crossover that shares the same platform), says Ford is abandoning CVT technology across its lineup, except for the Escape Hybrid."
http://autos.canada.com/news/story.html?id=1588cac2-6d98-430a-8b0a-0af97819f3bd
Ok, here is some bad humor....
Now it appears that the Nissan Race Cars have been scratched from the race.
None of them appear any longer on the entry list.
None of them appear to have completed a practice.
However, the number 35 completed 4 laps.
I imagine that this could be for a very exciting reason; and I guess that it could be for a very bad reason.
The market price is on the side of a bad reason.
http://www.grand-am.com/Events/EntryList.asp?EventID=203
Take a look for yourself.
What do you think?
Questions for Newspeed......
Seeing as you seem to know all about the practice schedules of the Nissan race teams;
Why is it that the Nissan team has two race cars at the track and they only take one of them out to practice and then only lap 4 times with one race car and not take the other race car out?
The others practiced for close to an hour this morning.
Where is the 36 car?
The # 36 had planned on being at this race according to Car & Driver magazine, right?
I suppose that you are at the track, so, I'll be patient for you to get back.
Ok Dread, now I need to know why.....
Are you so intent on posting messages like this one on this particular message board?
Do you really think that some executive (or relative of an executive) of Torvec is posting here?
I cannot believe that this could be true.
However, I have noticed that it seems that some of the regular posters here have been missing in action since you have mentioned this a couple of times.
Is there a relationship between JG and Tor, as you have pointed out in a jesting manner?
I've, however, wondered how Artguy could be hired by the company for his art work and be such a regular poster, and how Newspeed seems to be an authority on the company and be a regular poster. But, these seem innocent and they, I hope, are not privy to insider info, just hear-say kind of stuff.
"They do practice at race courses"
Yes, I see, and they are doing just that this morning.
Here is a link to the internet live racing / practice sessions.
http://www.livetiming.net/Rolex/Livetiming.asp
ICE gets memorialzied today in SEC filing.
The parties to the assignment transaction had agreed to enter into a final, definitive agreement memorializing all the terms and conditions surrounding the June 15, 2007 assignment. On July 18, 2007 the parties to the assignment transaction executed such a final, definitive agreement and the agreement, without exhibits, is hereby filed.
http://xml.10kwizard.com/filing_raw.php?repo=tenk&ipage=5056148
As you mentioned, I agree that.....
"Torvec would have to be very careful"
That goes without saying, but it could be accomplished, as it has been accomplished in the past with others.
For an example:
"Ford Motor Co. and the EPA are joining in a decade-long project to develop a high-mileage hybrid vehicle, probably an SUV, that is operated hydraulically Hydraulic hybrid technology was developed and patented by EPA's National Vehicle and Fuel Emissions Laboratory in Ann Arbor, Mich., and refined under a cooperative agreement with Ford. EPA and Ford will share financing and personnel. Ford will have exclusive rights to the technology and hopes to put a pilot fleet of vehicles on the road by the end of the decade. The vehicle's powertrain has a high-efficiency engine and a propulsion system that uses hydraulic pumps and motors, along with storage tanks in which hydraulic fluid is stored under pressure. Other companies involved in the project are FEV Engine Technology Inc. and Eaton Corp."
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0FZX/is_11_67/ai_81147022
I'm not sure that anything like that is or would be necessary anymore due to the fact that Torvec's remaining seven core technologies are either near to or are already production ready.
In regard to the RIT project, I was thinking of the students getting a chance to visit for the student's benefit and the benefit of Maggie her fellow executives that are sponsoring and promoting the program for the students. After all, those students will be research scientist too, and this could get them interested in this very current effort. That's all.
U.S. And Chinese Companies Partner
For Hybrid Truck Production
"Electric, hybrid and fuel cell power management systems manufacturer Enova Systems recently announced a partnership with a major Asia-based OEM to integrate and test its unique proprietary Post Transmission Parallel Hybrid system. The system is targeted for integration and/or retrofit into North American delivered 2008 model year vehicles."
http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=14466&SectionID=4
This is a kind of an old news article that surfaced as being new today. I'm not sure if it was posted before or not, however, it is interesting reading.
It makes me think about Torvec's China deal which is in the stage of the quite period.
July 19–22 Race at Barber Motorsports Park
"The next race for the Car and Diver/NoHotWire 350Z will likely be July 19–22 at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Alabama"
I just checked the Grand Am's entry list for this event and see that this car from NoHotWire is not listed as of yet for this race. The number 33 and 35 Nissan cars are listed to race.
http://www.grand-am.com/Events/EntryList.asp?EventID=203
I suppose there is still time to get entered.
Does anyone know for sure if the Car and Diver/NoHotWire 350Z #36 car race at Barber Motorsports Park this weekend?