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Ronn Motors' Scorpion poised to zap the market like Tesla
As Tesla's Roadster has made electric vehicles the rage among auto manufacturers, so that everyone is getting involved now; the Scorpion muscle car is poised to make unorthodox fuel efficiency methods, including hydroxy, zip into the mainstream.
by Sterling
D. Allan
Pure Energy Systems News
Copyright © 2010
The Scorpion, by Ronn Motors
FULL DISCLOSURE
PES Network, Inc., of which the author is CEO, has a business relationship with Ronn Motors and stands to benefit from their success. |
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See the resemblance? |
Just as Tesla Motor
Company's ultra sexy Roadster made electric vehicles become the rage, so that now every major motor company is presenting some kind of electric vehicle; so also is
Ronn
Motors' ultra appealing Scorpion muscle car poised to make unorthodox fuel efficiency methods go mainstream.
When Tesla Motors introduced the sexy Roadster a few years back, electric vehicles were fighting the "not worth it" stigma that GM had given them, as portrayed in the film,
"Who Killed the Electric
Car?" But the sex appeal of the slick Roadster going from 0 to 60 in four seconds stirred people's imagination and created a buzz that the auto industry noticed and begin to emulate. No longer were electric vehicles just for environmental nerds. Now they had a muscle car worth looking at and coveting.
One by one, the other major auto companies began introducing their own version of a hybrid or all-electric vehicle, so that today nearly every major auto company has a cool green car among their options.
Now, I believe we are about to see the same thing happen except in the fuel
efficiency arena. This time, the Ronn Motors' Scorpion will likely be the
car that has the same effect.
Ronn Maxwell, the company CEO and architect of the car design, has been involved in nearly every aspect of the automobile
industry for forty years: designing, building, construction, fabrication, racing, painting, restorations; preparing him to chart this course of leading the charge to revolutionize engine efficiency without compromising performance. As a kid, while his peers were out messing around, he was drawing sketches of cars.
Three years ago, when it came time to launch his own design, spurred during a business trip in China, where air pollution from engines is especially problematic, he pulled from all the best ideas he'd had over the years, which he had saved up, and integrated them all into the Scorpion.
And the primary method he chose to employ in boosting the efficiency of his engine is the
hydroxy technology, in which water is electrolyzed into hydrogen-oxygen gas called "hydroxy" or HHO, then ducted into the air intake where it effects a more efficient burn of the petrol, whether it be gasoline or diesel. Though the field certainly has its share of buffoons and shysters, there are also some very serious and talented players as well; Ronn motors being among the leaders.
At first, the company investigated hydroxy products developed by others, but eventually they decided to embark on their own design, both in the production of the hydroxy gas as well as in the electronic controller for its integration in the engine. They have spent seven million dollars in designing their circuitry, which utilizes a military chip to prevent reverse engineering.
Though they've filed patents on their designs, they don't expect to have these awarded any time soon. Ronn said that as of a year ago there had been 40,000 patents filed along the lines of the hydroxy technology. "It will take years for the patent office to sift through it all." While I knew that there were a lot of people tinkering in this industry, and quite a few pursuing businesses with the technology, I had no idea that it was this many. That's crazy.
The 'good?' news on this comes from Slashdot,
who reported yesterday that the USPTO had gone on a 'quality binge' for a few
years, rejecting a lot more patents than usual. However, with new leadership, it
appears that the USPTO is back to approving a ton of patents (at an unheard of
rate) in an attempt to get through the 'backlog.' The down side of that will be
another round of patent lawsuits on patents that never should have been granted.
Ronn Motors has been doing research and development of their H2Go hydroxy technology for a while
now, in preparation for entering the market, and have accumulated over 1 million over-the-road miles of data, showing fuel efficiency improvements typically between 15 35%, while reducing hydrocarbon emissions by 75 95%. Three quarters of those million plus miles have come from fleets
of trucks.
Presently, the company is moving into their manufacturing facility in Marble Falls, Texas, where they expect to see the first production model of the Scorpion to come off the assembly line in about six months, with a price tag of $250,000. They expect to be able to manufacture 200 per
year, though the actual number will probably be closer to 100 given this economy
The Scorpion will include:
- Acura dual overhead cam, aluminum/magnesium block, 3.5 liter, VTEC, V-6, Type S Engine
- 650 horsepower with the twin turbo.
- 6 speed close ration manual transmission, with a sequential automatic version option
- Light weight clutch and flywheel
- Ronn proprietary refrigerated inter-coolers
- Limited slip differential
- Neon lighting in key areas including interior and engine bay
- Carbon Fiber Body - built by www.metalcrafters.com
- 2 piece forged Modena wheels by MOZ - www.mozwheels.com
- Toyo Proxie Ultra High Performance T1R radial tires
- 4 wheel Wilwood 12 inch disc brakes with cross drilled rotors and polished calipers
- Polished stainless spindles and control armz
In addition to the hydroxy fuel improvement technology, it's likely that the Scorpion will utilize additional fuel efficiency technologies including electric and hybrid technologies that they are investigating. With just the hydroxy, the car gets 40 mpg. Imagine a muscle car that gets 100 mpg or more.
One of the things that has kept fuel efficiency technologies from taking off is that people don't take them seriously, saying that surely the major automobile makers would implement such technologies if they were really possible. Well, if a maverick automobile manufacturer actually introduces such a technology, the entire industry will change, because now people will know it's possible and will expect it from all the manufacturers.
That is what motivates Ronn, and is his primary objective. And that is why I say that Ronn Motors is poised to do to the fuel efficiency market what Tesla Motors has done to the electric vehicle market, not only making it popular but all the rage. Wouldn't that be great!
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Page composed by Sterling
D. Allan Aug. 1, 2010
Last updated September 01, 2010
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