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L3Research Corporation support (L3R)

QuantumWorks Corporation is one of the founding members of this company and is supplying a range of services and intellectual property to help L3R attain it's goals.

Products In Development

1 - Hybrid Electric and Electric only Motorcycles - please refer to L3Research web-site for more information

2 - Hybrid Supercar - an "Eco-Exotic Sports car" to transform the public's perception of "golf-cart peforming" electric vehicles

Do you want to be one of the first to own one of these truly unique one of a kind showcars ?

L3R/QWC's HEP powered Hybrid Diablo Coupe or Roadster Replica showcars

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QWC/L3R is not waiting for the big automakers as you can see from it's first Hybrid Supercar product.  Limited number of fully refundable $50k U.S. Diablo Hybrid Supercar deposits and "private investments in the company, production line and business opportunity" are being accepted to trigger low volume production.

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RELATED EVENT: This team is using their Hybrid Supercar engineering prototype testbed to stage a  cross the country on a tank on a gas Freedom drive "protest" to show what can be done today by today's automobile manufacturers if consumers pushed for it.  Sponsor flyer on this event located here.

Supercar Hybrid Electric Powertrain (HEP) Competitive Advantages Summary

1 - L3R's HEP "Motor Competence" (powertrain leans toward parity of power sources - some applications would have much greater electric) and plug-in design provide significant zero emission driving vs. most competition that are simply "electric assist".  Also much higher regenerative braking capability drives higher operational system efficiency.  Also MTBF will be lower (leads to lower maintenance costs) to due lighter loaded propulsion systems (novel in the industry) 

2 - Proprietary multi-mode optimizing system control and battery management software

3 - Six-fuel capable design approach due to Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) based Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) modularity (diesel / bio-diesel, gasoline, CNG, LP propane, H2, Electricity) (novel in the industry)

4 - Proprietary wireless, context-based optimization vehicle management system for whole fleet management - i.e. locale restrictions, route dependant energy optimization, etc. (novel in the industry)

5 - Modular design permits front-wheel drive (FWD), rear-wheel and all-wheel drive options in a parallel hybrid configuration (FWD is novel in the industry)

6 - Low initial and lifecycle battery costs (i.e. for PbA) due to L3R plug-in hybrid architecture (novel in the industry) ("plug-in hybrid" references listed above)

7 - Proprietary Simplified Transmission for lower cost and reliability compared to any series-parallel available

8 - Proprietary Modular motor/transmission dual air/liquid cooling design for up to 450 electric horsepower or more (greater hp for less weight)

9 - Automatic computer controlled shifting with efficiency of a manual transmission but with reduced driver workload of a standard automatic

10 – “Direct – Parallel” (no additional alternator) hybrid configuration for greatly enhanced cruise efficiency compared to Eaton and similar transmissions. 

11 - AC induction provides no-load coasting and loss less cruise compared to DC motor based systems, at much less weight

12 - Built-in high-power wall-outlet charging "anywhere", permits lower pollution (less reliant on ICE based APU) and overnight battery top-off (onboard chargers not common in most competitor vehicles)

13 - AC generation capability of the L3R direct-parallel HEP provides power for auxiliary equipment, emergency response, etc.

Plug-in Hybrid Definition and Advantages - un-biased reports on plug-in hybrid advantages available on this site) - click on links below

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3 - Electric Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) - a performance and fuel economy enhancement modification for specific SUVs, Trucks, RVs, Vans, and other vehicles - get extra torque and HP power with better fuel economy with these add-on APUs - in development - call or e-mail to express specific application interest and for more information.  Fully refundable "Private investments", dependant on specific vehicle desired, are being accepted as well to trigger production of kits.

4 - We will look to contribute to the following asap - The need for a non-biased continual updating Electric Car Buyers Guide that includes plug-in (plugin) hybrid electric cars, 4 wheels or 3 wheels as long as cars meet specific minimum safety and performance requirements (candidates close to our supercar specs above would be great but we know that would drive up price beyond affordability for the early adopters that want to purchase asap). We are waiting for such a guide to be published.

One so far has been found at http://electric-cars-today.com . We have found out that they need a minimum of 200 guides (probably less than $25 per guide) to be pre-ordered to justify putting the guide in production - everyone who cares about the U.S. breaking its addiction to oil should order one of these guides !

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