Feedback from someone on Free Republic who met Chauvin:
I met Chauvin at the E-Cat conference in Zurich last September. I didn’t know he worked for Logitech, but there seems to be some confusion here: he’s not the Logitech founder, he’s just a former employee. The founder may be putting some money into the effort, but it’s Chauvin who’s leading it. Chauvin is a young entrepreneur who’s trying to figure out how to base an automobile on a new heat source, E-Cat. That’s what E-Cat is — fundamentally, it’s a heat source. The characteristics of E-Cat are a moving target, however. Before the September E-Cat conference, E-Cat was only a source of low-grade heat, OK for water heating and space heating, but not a good heat source for an engine. At the conference, Rossi announced the new Hot Cat, which reportedly can produce heat at a temperature suitable for steam engines and Sterling engines. Chauvin is following the moving target of E-Cat practicality, and working on the best way to get E-Cat energy to turn the wheels of an automobile. If E-Cat actually works, he will have developed the knowledge and contacts to design and build an E-Cat car. If E-Cat doesn’t work, he’ll have to find another project. On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 3:01 PM, Alain Sepeda <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi, > another article is published in a (French speaking) Mainstream newspaper > in switzerland: Le Temps > > http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/9a0dfe3e-7477-11e2-943f-94c4d8973bed#.URlJJmc-Erh > you have to register to read it. > > beside a description of N Chauvin and his partnership , there is clear > evocation of the disdain of the local mainstream physicist about LENR. > > (quoted/translated on > http://www.lenr-forum.com/showthread.php?1120-AGEFI-Geneva-Chauvin-LENR-Cars-presented-Funded-by-the-founder-of-Logitech&p=3954#post3954) > > maybe someone of his level can discuss with this important actor of hot > fusion, to report recent data (less than 20 years old). > > > *Start-up non grata on the EPFL > site<http://www.letemps.ch/Page/Uuid/9a0dfe3e-7477-11e2-943f-94c4d8973bed#.URlJJmc-Erh> >> * >> >> Supported by Daniel Borel, LENR Cars starts in cold fusion, an area of >> controversy aimed an energy ideal >> Cold fusion remains a subject of controversy since 20 years. Therefore, >> when the start-up LENR Cars, based in the Science Park of Ecublens - a few >> steps from the Daniel Borel Innovation Center - announced that it was >> conducting research in the field*, the EPFL did not hide his >> embarrassment. "It is a pity that it is possible to establish a start-up at >> the PSE technology is not from our laboratories," said Ambrogio Fasoli, >> Professor of physics at the EPFL and Director of the Center for research in >> plasma physics. Nothing has ever been shown on cold fusion. I don't believe >> any."* >> >> *Heat and electricity >> >> *Microengineering engineer who worked for various start-up as well as >> Nestlé and Logitech, Nicolas Chauvin, founder of LENR Cars, dedicated, for >> its part, a real passion for cold fusion which dangles an energy ideal. >> >> ... >> >> *Dream or reality? "It is not for us to demonstrate that cold fusion is >> not realistic. Them to prove the contrary', notes Ambrogio Fasoli.* >> >> For Daniel Borel, a minority shareholder of LENR Cars, what counts is to >> go "until the end of his dreams". > > > > 2013/2/5 Alain Sepeda <[email protected]> > >> I just fall on that french speaking article (found by PESN RSS) >> >> http://www.agefi.com/une/detail/archive/2013/february/artikel/lenr-cars-la-start-up-lausannoise-developpe-une-nouvelle-generation-de-moteurs-electriques.html >> >> I've made an article with some translation, and links to google >> translate... >> >> >> http://www.lenr-forum.com/showthread.php?1120-AGEFI-Geneva-Chauvin-LENR-Cars-presented-Funded-by-the-founder-of-Logitech&p=3890#post3890 >> >> some data about business connections... article is very positive, nearly >> advertizing, but there is new data. >> >> >> *Applied nuclear >> fusion*<http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=fr&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.agefi.com/une/detail/archive/2013/february/artikel/lenr-cars-la-start-up-lausannoise-developpe-une-nouvelle-generation-de-moteurs-electriques.html&usg=ALkJrhiT7qQDMFdwae77FMMXhFBNcdyXVQ> >>> *Lenr >>> cars.*<http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=fr&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.agefi.com/une/detail/archive/2013/february/artikel/lenr-cars-la-start-up-lausannoise-developpe-une-nouvelle-generation-de-moteurs-electriques.html&usg=ALkJrhiT7qQDMFdwae77FMMXhFBNcdyXVQ> >>> *The start-up develops Lausanne a new generation of electric >>> motors.*<http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=fr&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=auto&tl=en&twu=1&u=http://www.agefi.com/une/detail/archive/2013/february/artikel/lenr-cars-la-start-up-lausannoise-developpe-une-nouvelle-generation-de-moteurs-electriques.html&usg=ALkJrhiT7qQDMFdwae77FMMXhFBNcdyXVQ> >>> >>> "The technology we are developing will allow a car to travel 40,000 >>> kilometers on a single tank of fuel without generating any waste." >>> This ambitious project comes from Nicolas Chauvin, founder and CEO of >>> startup LENR Cars, based at the EPFL (Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale). To >>> meet this challenge, *this Logitech and NASA former engineer,* uses a >>> technology called nuclear fusion LENR (Low Energy Nuclear Reactions). >>> >>> >>> ... >>> >>> >>> >>> To date, the prototype is being developed. *Its final version should be >>> released in 2014.* Funded initially by private funds, including those >>> of its creator, the company can also count on *the support of the >>> founder of Logitech , Daniel Borel.* "He was immediately fascinated by >>> the project. His many contacts we are also very valuable. "However, the >>> company seeking additional funds. "We are not looking for significant >>> funding for now. 200,000 francs (swiss franc) allow us to continue the >>> development of our prototype. *"LENR Cars is currently in talks with >>> several automakers, including PSA (Peugeot-Citroen) and Telsa >>> groups.*Though the start-up is only on the development of this specific >>> segment of >>> the market can change quickly. "This is a risky area or can go very fast. >>> It is likely that within five years the energy giants are involved >>> significantly in this revolutionary technology. " >>> Many scientists and journalists are indeed of the opinion that LENR >>> technology represents one of the greatest discovery of mankind. "The >>> problem is that the huge economic stakes and the pressure of oil and >>> nuclear industries likely to jeopardize this new breakthrough." >>> >> >
