From garage tinkering to The Next Big Thing

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From garage tinkering to The Next Big Thing

Has a self-described jack-of-all-trades in Burt invented the answer to the quest for super-efficient use of energy?

Sure, why not?

Tim Wheeler makes his living hauling scrap, fixing cars and doing odd jobs. But in recent years, his passion has been inventing what he calls the Electro Magnetic Energy motor that merely sips electricity from a bank of batteries while producing gobs of torque.

He says he's run the plastic prototype for an hour, and used only 2 percent of the juice from six motorcycle batteries.

Compare that to the best that Detroit can do - around 40 miles from a full charge on a bank of batteries.

It's why Wheeler and Bay City native Todd Thorp, President of TWN Technologies of Bay City, plus Bay City real estate broker Henry Johnson, want to show the invention to the Big Three automakers in Detroit.

They say they even have a larger version of the motor in a 1951 Ford pickup, and it runs.

Now, there's an image for you - a full-fendered blast from the past powered with a motor that uses positive and negative electric charges to push and pull magnets, turning a shaft for power.
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More: http://blog.mlive.com/bcopinion/2008/12/from_garage_tinkering_to_the_n.html