Derek Automotive

TWO TECHNOLOGIES WITH GLOBAL IMPACT

Mission Statement

Our Company's Mission is to become the most significant carbon reduction company in the world.

MOVING TO A CARBON FREE FUTURE WILL TAKE TIME AND TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT.

Our PROTEUS Technology is a Supplement to the Electric Grid

Our electric grid is a pretty old in most places and its a marvelous, complicated, mess of technology that has elevated mankind, but that will also need assistance in ushering in the age of electric transportation.

Snapshot of How the Electric Grid Works

The electric grid wastes a lot of energy!

Whether the electricity is generated from green sources or fossil fuels, a good amount of the energy generated is wasted during transmission

Our Vision

Our vision is to build a 'Parallel Alternative Charging System' for electric vehicles to catalyze a faster reduction in carbon emissions from the transportation sector, while at the same time accelerating the adoption of the electric drivetrain.

Our Goal

Reduced transmission-line losses. Our Proteus technology generates clean energy at the point-of-use. This supports conservation by using more of what's been generated.

Supplement the Electric Grid. We will build electric vehicles (both new and retrofitted) that can:

recharge from the grid
supply the grid with power
convert fuel to electricityto recharge the batteries that power the vehicle, without the grid. What we call adding a redundant / backup charging system.

Our Technology is called the Proteus: ONE Platform. THREE Charging Methods, with on being the electric-grid.

Near-Zero Emission PROTEUS System

The Proteus system uses the efficient and patented counterpoise engine as the prime mover, in a new micro generator system that is one-third in size and consuming half the fuel for the same power output. The Counterpoise engine spins our patented generator, converting fuel into electricity to recharge the vehicle’s battery packs. The effect is we use much less fuel for the same power. This is conservation, and it’s the first step toward a zero-carbon future for transportation.

Loop-Gen Charging: The Next Revolution

While the idea of perpetual motion is usually far-fetched, we’re working to get as close to it as is possible, and that’s what our Loop-Gen generator system accomplishes. Our patent pending system borrows from the best electric generator systems ever invented. From locomotive engines to regenerative braking system, and adds novel generators, circuitry and software which are managed by artificial intelligence to regulate the recharging of our vehicle’s battery packs, with one aspect being keeping the charge-limits in the battery between 40% and 80% charge to extend battery life. The result is a method of operating an electric vehicle, or electric bike, that reduces the need for plug-in charging to replenish the battery packs.

Thin-Design - Light-Weight Stackable Modules

Our first generation design uses a 20 kW module that makes 391 ft-lbs of torque. The modules are stackable, meaning three modules stacked together (about 12 inches long) will produce a 60 kW /1173 ft-lbs wheel motor or two modules stacked on all four wheels could produce an 80kW / 1,564 ft. lbs.

The goal for the Proteus system is to be able to replenish kWs to the battery system as fast as they are consumed in driving vehicle. (It's the closest we will get to perpetual motion - i.e. of course the vehicle has to be moving to recover this energy.)

The ability for consumers to choose electric transportation with a redundant charging system that provides an additional charging option when the electric grid is DOWN, OVERLADED, or INCONVENIENT TO USE will increase consumer confidence and will lead to faster and wider adoption of electric transportation.

We can even get a jumpstart in communities that have not been provided public charging stations. Proteus technology can have an even bigger impact in developing countries with unstable electric grids.

Near-Zero Emission PROTEUS System

The Proteus system uses the efficient, patented counterpoise engine as the prime mover in a new micro generator system that is one-third in size consuming half the fuel for the same power output. It spins our generator to provide electricity that recharges the battery packs. Fuel use reduction for the same level of power is conservation and it’s the first step toward a zero-carbon future of transportation.

LoopGen Charging: The Next Revolution

While the idea of perpetual motion is usually far-fetched, we decided to get as close to it as is possible, and that’s what our LoopGen generator system accomplishes. Our patent pending system borrows from the best electric generator systems ever invented. From locomotive engines to regenerative braking system, and adds novel generators, circuitry and software which are managed by artificial intelligence to regulate the recharging of our vehicle’s battery packs. The result is a method of operating an electric vehicle or electric bike that does not require plug-in charging to replenish the battery packs. The trade-off is the need to re-condition the battery packs once or twice per year.

The ability for consumers to choose electric transportation without the inconvenience of plug-in charging will lead to wide adoption of electric transportation at a rapid pace, and we won’t have to wait for the buildout of public charging stations. This is a technology that will have impact in every corner of the world. We plan to debut our first prototyped vehicles using this new technology before summer 2022.

SOCIAL IMPACT

Convenience Leads to Adoption

The biggest contribution we can make to society is to entice consumers to demand only electric vehicles because they are truly cheaper to own, carbon free, and more convenient. Our new E4 is the vehicle to launch the next revolution of electric-drive without the need for plug-in recharging. From this starting point we can drive carbon emissions from the transportation sector down dramatically, which is the number one contributor to green-house gas emissions.

Electric Grid & Rare Earth Use Reduction

Our recharging technology works equally well using lead-acid batteries compared to lithium-ion batteries, or any other battery technology. This will reduce our need for rare earth materials and the political implications attached to their extraction. The electric grid wastes 15%-30% of every kilowatt hour it transmits, but our LoopGen technology could become a critical component in the global climate fight. Just think of all the bikes in India being electric drive and not requiring plug-in recharging. The impact becomes clear.

GLOBAL IMPACT

RETRO. The Biggest Impact Strategy We Will Deliver to The World

Our latest division, Retro by Exeeder, LLC, was founded to build an industry around retrofitting internal combustion vehicles into electric drive-trainvehicles, by integrating open-source electric vehicle technology with Derek Automotive's, patented Proteus platform. Gas-to-elctric vehicle conversion will accelerate the growth of the electric vehicle fleet to advance global green energy ambitions.

Global governments have a goal of widely deploying electric drivetrain vehicles to combat global warming effects. This goal cannot be achieved focusing only on building new electric vehicles. To achieve carbon reduction goals in a timely manner, must begin to convert the legacy fleet to electric drive. This is especially important in countries where the majority of vehicles are older than ten years. RETRO by Exeeder has the know-how and the technology to lead this transition to vehicle electrification.

We offer a technology driven solution that will methodically increase the availability of AFFORDABLE electric vehicles, thereby reducing the use of older, higher carbon emitting, gas vehicles. Doing so will result in historic reductions in carbon emissions fro the transportation sector.

Carbon Reduction. Industry Creation. Training. Millions of Jobs.

We envision a step wise approach where we train technicians in gas vehicle to electric vehicle retrofitting, set up conversion shops, globally, to create a new industry, provide the technology kits and equipment needed to convert the vehicles. Not only will this approach create millions of jobs, it will expand the market for carbon credits and providing additional funding options for global governments.

We envision a program / movement like a global ‘Cash for Clunkers’ where a government subsidy supports the conversion of older vehicles for lower-middle class and underserved communities, and any credits provided for new EV sales be extended to Retrofitted electric vehicles.

Faster Carbon Reduction

Older vehicles emit more carbon. In the USA alone there are more than 270M vehicles on the roads, so efforts like California’s to restrict the sale of new gas vehicles only nibbles at the underlying problem. Let’s retrofit these vehicles to electric, and reduce carbon emissions by more than 2/3’s over the next 20 years..

Enormous Job Creation

We estimate that any serious program to retrofit the legacy fleet would produce more than 4 million jobs in the USA alone. Globally, it would create more than 20 million jobs.

Electric Vehicles that are Affordable

Retrofitting salvaged vehicles of all types, in addition, to standard retrofits enables us to create an industry around re-manufacturing of older car bodies into electric drive vehicles that can be sold at affordable prices. This is a key goal of many governments.Could it slow the sales of new electric vehicles? YES! But, what’s more important, protecting a rich industry or saving humanity?

Learn more our approach to RETROFITTING by downloading our impact presentation.