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June 2008

E-DAY!!

June 13th 2008 marked a significant milestone in the history of the company. On the TT race circuit in Assen, a consortium of Electric Cars Europe (ECE), United Momentum Group, Essent and Innosys Engineering announced an extensive collaboration to further the introduction of electric powered cars. In a spectacular presentation that saw an electric lotus outpace a conventional petrol lotus, the consortium outlined all the facts that are involved in switching to electric drive. From environmental and cost considerations to infrastructure and technical details on charging and power delivery, the presentation laid down the vision of electric transport in detail.

Initially, the consortium plans to sell a number of converted Lotus Elises. The next step is to introduce a couple of hundred electric Volkswagen Golfs. At the event in Assen, the spectators got the opportunity to ride along in both the Golf and the Elise, giving a sense of both the economical and performance benefits of electric powered cars.

Next to designing and producing electric cars, the consortium also announced to take a hard look at its own transportation. Innosys Engineering has been operating an electric car for nearly two years and Essent has announced it will invest a sum of approximately 10 million euros to replace 200 of its company cars by electric vehicles. Lastly, the Electric Car Company will work together with Detroit Electric to import a number of their electric cars to the dutch market.

The Electric Car Company, together with the United Momentum Group, Essent and Innosys Engineering are working hard to expedite the availability of electric transport as fast as possible and to provide sustainable and cost effective transport.

 

Copyright: De Volkskrant, 2008.

 

Copyright: SBS6, 2008.

 

 
November 2007

Innosys Engineering together with van der Kooi Lotus Import B.V.  (ECE, Electric Car Company) and UMG (United Momentum Group) have officially given the go-ahead for the development, production and sales of the 200bhp electric Lotus Elise. Prototype testing will be conducted in the beginning of 2008. All parties involved are commited to show what the integration of electric drive technology and a high performance sportscar can do. A zero emmissions white-knuckle ride!

November 2007

Czeers solarboats, one of the most innovative ship building companies, is currently developing the first commercially available solar-powered boat. Based on the design which won the Frysian Nuon Solar Boat challenge in 2005, The vessel can travel up to 30kts, has a 10 meter full carbon hull and is touchscreen controlled. Innosys Engineering is closely involved in the development of the drive train and will deliver its first unit by the end of 2007.

April 2007

Innosys Engineering has completed the design and construction of a 5 meter long water tunnel and has delivered the facility to the faculty of Maritime Engineering at the Delft University of Technology. The water tunnel is an important test facility in the research in dynamic positioning of ships. Dynamic positioning systems can operate all the ships propellers to keep it stable in the same position no matter what the amount of currents and waves in the sea are.

 

March 2007

Innosys Engineering and Hoora watersports in Heeg have combined efforts to create no less than ten electrically propelled "Valk" boats. Hoora watersports has spent the last two decades evolving the "Valk" into one of the most versatile tour boats available. And now, with the help of Innosys Engineering, the next step is made to make these boats sustainable.

 

November 2006

On November 12th 2006 the WNF, in cooperation with the ANWB, held the "greenest testdrive in the Netherlands". Participants were able to testdrive the five most sustainable cars.

Secretary of state van Geel drove the electric Innocar and was more than pleased with the ride!

 

July 2006

On July 1st the solar boat team from the TU-Delft won the Frisian Nuon Solar Challenge, a race for solar-powered boats. Innosys Engineering has been intimately involved with this winning team, providing consultancy on batteries, power conversion and drive-train technology. For more information: www.frisiannuonsolarchallenge.com

 

May 2006

On May 28th 2006, The Innocar by Innosys Engineering was featured on the evening news on the national dutch TV station RTL4. To view the broadcast, click here

 

March 2006

The Innocar has passed all the required dutch road authority tests and is now ready for the open road. The battery management system and power consumption gauge will be developed and tested to give the car even more safety and range. The technology demonstrator for a state-of-the-art battery pack and its supporting hardware, such as an innovative battery management system and a commercial high-efficiency electric drive train, has now been realized!

 

January  2006

The refurbished car has made its first laps! With 200Nm of torque and 35kW, this car can truely be called a monster! Planning is to have the car finished in March of 2006.

 

November 2005

Innosys engineering has entered into a cooperation with a European battery manufacturer. Their batteries will be used in both the Innocar and the electric scooter. The electric scooter is expected to have a range up to 120km at a mean velocity of 45km/h. For the Innocar, a range of 200km is expected at a mean velocity of 100km/h.

 

October 2005

Innosys Engineering gives the final go-ahead on the Innocar-project. In this project, a conventional Daihatsu Cuore will be refurbished into an electric powered car. The car will be a test-bed for new battery technologies. Three-phased, small-sized asynchronous drive systems will be tested. A second car is already being planned. This car will be built from scratch to optimize the synthesis between aerodynamically streamlined design and electric drive technology. The Delft University of Technology is a potential partner.

 

September 2005

B.E.S.T. and Innosys Engineering are testing and analyzing the batteries and wheel motor of the EVT168 and the EVT4000 electric scooter. The technology behind the current batteries will need some improvements to make the electric scooter a viable mode of transportation.

 

July 2005

Innosys Engineering is in discussion with a Dutch electric scooter sales office to improve electric scooters for the Dutch market. Negotiations will start in august 2005. Innosys-Engineering has the intention to improve the drive train and power storage.

 

February 2005

Innosys Engineering is asked by a graduate at the Delft University of Technology to build a computer controlled system for an ergonomic bed. Software on the computer controls a relays-card through several data-acquisition boards. This card controls actuators that  automatically move the person in the bed. This application is valuable for bedridden patients.

 

January 2005

After intensive labor (making drawings, power circuit lay-outs, etc), the prototype fuel cell powered kart is built  at Bradford Engineering. Bradford is specialized in building space equipment, such as glove boxes.  Innosys Engineering provided the drawings, instructions for the  building welders and the mechanics

 

January 2005

The negotiations for more engineering and on-site assistance within the sustainable yacht project have commenced. The yacht, named "Ecolution", will be realized with the support of private investors, instead of government subsidies. Components to be used in Ecolution will be tested in the first "Innocar". The Innocar is an electric powered car which Innosys Engineering will be designing and building.

 

January 2005

The formula Zero mark 2, the successor to the Formula Zero mark 1 racing kart, is nearly completed. This second evolution of the Formula Zero project has made its first laps on hydrogen at TNO automotive in Delft. Innosys Engineering has provided assistance with the new systems of the mark 2 kart. These systems are supercaps, the fuelcell, DC-DC converters and the control strategies for all these new components.

 

 

 

 

 

 


June 2008

E DAY!!

ECE, together with Essent, Innosys en UMG introduce electric transport

November 2007

Innosys Engineering together with vd Kooi and UMG kick off the development of the electric Lotus Elise.

November 2007

Innosys Engineering will deliver first drive train for the Czeers Solar Boat before the end of 2007.

April 2007

Innosys Engineering delivers water tunnel facility to the TU Delft