Divernon, IL—(ENEWSPF)–July 16, 2013 – Former Progressive Automotive XPRIZE contenders Illuminati Motor Works’ electric vehicle prototype will be on display from 6:30 p.m -10:30 p.m. at Adler Planetarium’s “Adler After Dark: Future Tech” event on July 18, 2013.
Members of Illuminati Motor Works, including Kevin Smith (Divernon, IL), Nick Smith (Park Forest, IL), Nate Knappenberger (Auburn, IL), George Kennedy (Rochester, IL), and Matt Yochim (Springfield, IL), will be on hand to answer questions.
For more information on the event, go to http://www.adlerplanetarium.org/adler-after-dark
The four passenger battery electric sedan, “Seven,” was handcrafted by Illuminati Motor Works, a team of self-funded volunteers working in a converted pole barn in rural IL. Seven placed second in the mainstream class of the 2010 Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, an international competition to build a 100 MPGe vehicle. In 2011, Seven achieved 207 MPGe on the EPA test cycle. Comparatively, the 2014 Nissan Leaf is rated at 115 MPGe.
Both the prototype and Illuminati Motor Works are featured in the book, “Ingenious: A True Story of Invention, Automotive Daring, and the Race to Revive America,” by Jason Fagone, which will be released by Crown Publishing Group on November 5, 2013.
About Illuminati Motor Works:
Illuminati Motor Works is a largely self-funded, volunteer group of engineers, automotive technicians, graphic artists and car enthusiasts who have worked on alternative means of transport and alternative energy for many decades in their professional and personal lives. Our team members and additional volunteers have built electric, solar electric, series hybrid mini Baja, natural gas fuel injected parallel hybrid, and stored are super charged fuel injected vehicles and have competed in the 2010 Progressive Automotive X PRIZE, 1996 Future Car and 1995 Hybrid Electric Vehicle challenges.
