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Featured Mullen Perpetual Motion machine being tested by the Fed On Chevy Bolt

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by Rmay635703, Jul 24, 2023.

  1. Rmay635703

    Rmay635703 Senior Member

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    First I am interested in Mullen (sarcastically)..The CEO is a BS artist, (and possibly an ex con)
    as in there will never be a Mullen 5 . But he is really good at picking up a lot of assets cheap, like Coda, Bollinger Motors and Electric Last Mile (including enormous EV plant in Mishawaka, IN) ... also battery technology .

    He should team up with Elio.

    All those CODAs went to him, no idea where they went after that
    Here's The Sad Fate Of All Of Those Unsold Coda Electric Cars

    What is getting me to post is this perpetual motion machine getting tested at a fed facility, sad and humorous

    DC fits fleet of EVs with bogus gadget promising 60% range boost – Ars Technica


    Anyway the original PR: (SIC) (ad hominem approved)


    BREA, Calif., April 24, 2023– via InvestorWire – Mullen Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: MULN) (“Mullen” or the “Company”), an emerging electric vehicle (“EV”) manufacturer, announces that its majority owned subsidiary, Mullen Advanced Energy Operations (“MAEO”), will today begin execution of a $680,000 contract that was previously awarded by the District of Columbia, Washington, D.C., to EV Technologies, LLC. The contract is for the purchase and installation of Energy Management Module units on Chevrolet Bolts within the D.C. city government’s vehicle fleet.

    Mullen and EV Technologies’ team of engineers are onsite in DC today to commence installing the EMM units onto the Chevrolet Bolts and to perform the required tests included in the pilot. Previous testing indicates that Energy Management Module (“EMM”) technology substantially increases the driving range and efficiency of any current EV battery. In March 2021, Element Materials Technology conducted specific vehicle testing on 2020 Chevy Bolts installed with EMM units with test results being a calculated increase in range from 269 to 431 miles, which is a 60% increase in efficiency.

    “I am very proud that the first major field application is with the DC city government, where we will demonstrate the benefits of our EMM technology. We have been working on this bid to secure the business for some time and it is a great achievement to win this opportunity. I would like to thank the many D.C. government officials who made this a reality,” said Lawrence Hardge, CEO of EV Technology and chief scientific officer of MAEO.

    “The DC city project is the first of many that we have planned for the new EMM technology,” said David Michery, CEO and chairman of Mullen Automotive, Inc. “Municipal city fleets are a perfect use case for EVs and even better with our Energy Management Modules added for extending vehicle range and performance. Ideally, the vehicles can spend less time charging and more time in the local communities for civic use and support.”

    Mullen Advanced Energy Operations is a 51%-owned subsidiary of Mullen Automotive with EV Technologies, LLC and Global EV Technology, Inc. as partners.
     
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    haha I bet Elon will bite and buy the company
     
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    I am amazed the government doesn’t have to pay before they prove that it works
     
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    Maybe the government already did pay vis-a-vis favors & outrageous promises to the lobbyists that get them elected.
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    Well that’s a fait a compli
     
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    Oi. Flashbacks to Luke Stewart and "Media Fusion" and those seven-figure loans and ten-figure investment agreements from electric utilities 20+ years ago.
     
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    And even further back to the building of the railroads
     
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    But didn't trains actually work?
     
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    3PriusMike Prius owner since 2000, Tesla M3 2018

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    Remember all those 100 mpg carburetors decades ago. You know...the ones that the oil companies bought up all the patents forso they sat on the shelf? We need a 200 mpg "carburetor" for EVs!

    https://atomicinsights.com/million-mile-per-gallon-mmmpg-carburetor/#:~:text=An%20inventor%20once%20came%20up,it%20on%20a%20back%20shelf.


    Mike
     
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    The tracks many times did not, they kept East and west lines being built right past each other for the gravy train.
     
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    They did when built correctly. You’ve heard of robber barons?
     
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    hmm, did the scam work and they dumped there stock, or did it fail? The trick get government to buy tech that doesn't work then cash in on the stock bump before the suckers realize it won't work. Not the first or last company to do that.

    The stock bumped up 10% on the anouncement to $2.80, now its trading at $0.13. I can actually build a car where electronics make it 70% more efficient, just design a car where electronics make it very inefficient then put in proper electronics that work. magic. ;-)
     
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