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us Hyperdrive for a New Millennium Open Invitation The internal combustion (IC) engine is the
most efficient way to convert chemical energy into kinetic energy, Severinsky
said. "With our drive, we make this efficiency the maximum In city driving, a vehicle equipped with Hyperdrive
would run primarily on electric power and emit almost zero emissions.
The gasoline engine would run briefly to recharge batteries. "No other hybrid electric introduced or announced to date has been able to match Hyperdrive's performance, fuel economy and environmental achievements. Nor can any other be produced as economically." Because the Hyperdrive uses existing materials
and technologies, but eliminates transmissions found on today's vehicles,
it could match current powertrains in cost if mass "We do have the silver bullet," Louckes said. "There will be no excuses not to use it, and there will be additional benefits." Brave New World It takes a lot of bravado for a three-year-old company to claim that it has the solution to the auto industry's headaches. After all, there have been claims of miracle technologies before, but Severinsky and his colleagues have high-powered backgrounds that lend credibility to their statements. Severinsky, a native of the former Soviet Union, is an internationally recognized authority on power electronics and control systems and an expert on lead-acid battery applications. After emigrating to the U.S. in 1978, he helped develop the uninterruptable power source (UPS) technology to protect computers when utility power is cut. He got the idea for the Hyperdrive waiting in a gas line at a filling station during the oil crisis of 1979. Internal combustion engines don't use fuel efficiently, but they are the best at converting chemical energy into mechanical energy. Severinsky did early work on a hybrid, to incorporate the best of the IC engine with an electric motor, a predecessor to hybrid vehicles just now coming to market. Robert Templin, a protege of General Motor's renowned scientist Charles Kettering and now a Paice director, became involved in Severinsky's project about nine years ago. It was only when high voltage semiconductors became commercially available in 1998 that the technology to make his hybrid powertrain became possible and formed the foundation for Paice - Power Assisted Internal Combustion Engine Working in semi-obscurity, Paice's team grew out of automotive ranks nationwide. Louckes, with a 40-year career at GM's Oldsmobile Division, joined two years ago. Although doubtful at first, Louckes said it only took two weeks to realize the Hyperdrive was "the real thing." Paice recruited Nathanael J. "Nat" Adamson, now executive vice president, with 32-plus years at Ford directing the Commercial Truck Vehicle Center. Another Ford veteran, David F. Polletta, spent three decades in powertrain including electric and hybrid vehicles, and now is engineering vice president at Paice. And Paice added directors from Bosch North
America, Kysor Industrial and the former Clark Equipment. With a solid
team intact, Severinsky received financial backing from the Next | Passing
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