Illuminati Motor Works is a 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 members have built electric, solar electric, series hybrid mini Baja, natural gas fuel injected parallel hybrid, and stored air super charged fuel injected vehicles and have competed in the 1995 Hybrid Electric Vehicle and 1996 Future Car challenges.

Our team members include:

Kevin Smith: Team Leader and Principle Engineer,
Josh Spradlin: Graphic Designer/ Fabricator,
Thomas Pasko: Master Automotive Technician,
George Kennedy: Mechanical Engineer
Nathan Knappenburger: Computer Science and Electronics Engineer.

The Vehicle:

“Seven” is a four seat, battery electric vehicle employing clever engineering of simple low cost off the shelf components. The vehicle has a modular drive-train design, enabling bolt on adaptation of Diesel, BioDiesel, Ethanol, and Natural Gas. The compound series hybrid design involves the utilization of a single liquid cooled AC drive motor coupled to a standard 5-speed transmission powered by an optimized battery pack. A small generator will be employed to maintain battery pack state of charge. Utilizing the full range of currently available proven technology for heat and energy recovery will enable the recovery of braking energy and a significant portion of the underutilized, “lost”, energy from the heat engine. Other proprietary forms of energy recovery are also being employed. Coupled with an efficient vehicle design, frontal area of 1.5 square meters, and a coefficient of drag = 0.16 will allow Seven to exceed 100 MPGe with a 0-60 time of less than 8.5 seconds while maintaining driver comfort and safety through the utilization of inexpensive off the shelf materials and commercially available drive components resulting in a light weight, 150 HP, ultra quiet high performance automobile priced for the general consumer.

We believe that if you have the ability to make a difference then you do not have the luxury or excuse not to.

Our Moto: Audere Est Facere, To Dare Is To Do.