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ZENN to acquire 51% of EEStor; most recent 3rd-party testing of EESU problematic

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Canada-based ZENN Motor Company Inc. will acquire a 51% controlling stake in its energy storage technology partner EEStor for staged cash payments totaling $1 million, and then reorganize the board and management of EEStor. Evans has reported that it has developed testing procedures that measure energy-in and energy-out.

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ZENN Motor Increases Stake in EEStor to 10.7%; EESU Production Prototype Promised by End of 2009

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Earlier in July, ZENN Motor Company Inc. ZMC) increased its equity investment in energy storage developer, EEStor, Inc. with an additional US $5.0 million investment. These investors had also elected not to participate at the time of ZMC’s initial EEStor investment in April 2007.

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Zenn Motors Remains Confident of EESU Delivery by Year End

All Cars Electric

The saga of the Zenn Motors and EEStor continues to wind on. For those that don't know, EEStor is a Texas-startup reportedly secretly building a powerful new energy storage medium that is far lighter, faster-charging, cheaper and longer-lived than lithium ion cells. Zenn is a Canadian company, and 10.7%

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Zenn Motors Remains Confident of ESU Delivery by Year End

All Cars Electric

The saga of the Zenn Motors and EEStor continues to wind on. For those that don't know, EEStor is a Texas-startup reportedly secretly building a powerful new energy storage medium that is far lighter, faster-charging, cheaper and longer-lived than lithium ion cells. Zenn is a Canadian company, and 10.7%

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Zenn Motors to Cease Low Speed EV Manufacture in Preparation for EEStor Powerplant Sales

All Cars Electric

Zenn Motors is the Canadian manufacturer of low speed electric vehicles that has partnered with EEStor Inc, a company reportedly on the edge of revolutionizing energy storage. Zenn originally was formed to make low speed electric cars which they have been selling since 2006.

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DOE Aware of EEStor but Has Never Seen Functioning Technology

All Cars Electric

As many people are aware, the company is reportedly on the threshold of unveiling its barite-based energy storage devices for use in Zenn Motors electric car powertrains. We are following the compelling EEStor story here on All Cars Electric.

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Easy as A123

Plug In Partners

more I n another important energy storage development Zenn has invested in EEStor. The original equipment PHEVs due out early in the next decade utilizing even better batteries integrated directly into the vehicle at the factory will be more efficient and less costly. Join Plug In Partners today.

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