Paice Hyperdrive Meets Powertrain Needs for 21st Century Cars and Trucks

    TRAVERSE CITY, Mich.--Aug. 6, 2002--Paice Corporation's breakthrough Hyperdrive(TM) is the most likely successor to today's automotive powertrains because it meets the needs of motorists and automakers without exotic new technology or higher costs, its developer told an automotive conference here today.
    Hyperdrive can meet the cost, performance, fuel economy and emissions goals for all types of vehicles for the foreseeable future, said Ted Louckes, chief operating officer of Paice Corporation, speaking at the Management Briefing Seminars.
    "We have demonstrated that Hyperdrive will improve fuel economy in cars and light trucks by 50 percent, on average, while matching or improving driving performance, and also reduce exhaust emissions to near-background levels," said Louckes, who joined Paice after a 40-year career as chief engineer at Oldsmobile.
    "What makes Hyperdrive superior among hybrid powertrains is the use of high-power semiconductors, high-voltage power, high-horsepower induction motors, and efficient use of the internal combustion engine (ICE), to achieve almost maximum fuel economy," Louckes explained.
    The Hyperdrive can be readily put into volume production within a few years because it uses the same materials as current cars and can be built within existing vehicle and production architectures, with little or no cost increase, he pointed out.
    Because Hyperdrive requires different characteristics than today's engines, it enables engineers to realize further efficiencies, utilizing options disregarded in the past, he said. "Powertrain engineers can exploit the extensive knowledge base of 100 years to enhance and extend the life of the ICE for the next 100 years."
    Hyperdrive also will benefit automotive designers, he predicted. "Constraints on automotive design imposed by existing packaging requirements are reduced by the component flexibility of Hyperdrive."
    "We don't believe fuel cells will replace the ICE in a reasonable timeframe as there are many technical and economic factors to overcome before this can happen. However, if fuel cells ever do become practical, the Hyperdrive is an ideal way to make them work in vehicles."
    Paice Corporation has created, tested and patented Hyperdrive(TM), a unique gasoline-electric hybrid powertrain system for cars and light trucks. The company has offices in Silver Spring, MD, and an engineering center in Livonia, MI. Its website is www.paice.com.