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Upcoming Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for SSM’s Kernel™ Hybrid/Electric Crossover


October 17, 2007 (Los Angeles, CA): Good News! We are almost ready for the Preliminary Design Review (PDR). The PDR is an important milestone in our engineering plan and it marks the 25% completion of our CDV1 Project. Although the review comes almost 4 months late from the original schedule, it is crucial for our […]

Creation of a Sustainable Mobility Knowledge Base


Riley Spencer will lead a very important undertaking to create the technical library, tentatively named the “Sustainable Mobility Knowledge Base”. The name suggests, the library will covers everything that is related to our mission: sustainable mobility, and how SSM can integrate these technologies into our product line. The technical library will speed the development and discovery […]

Human Interface Computer (HIC) White Paper and Requirements


June 11, 2007 Santa Monica, CA: The Human Interface Computer (HIC), though non-safety critical, is an important piece of equipment of our new Kernel electric vehicle. In addition to the Vehicle Management Computer (VMC) and the motor controllers, the HIC serves as the primary visual and audio interface between the human users and the vehicle. […]

Open Design Infrastructure White Paper


It is SSM’s charter to explore Open Design methodology in an automotive engineering environment. There are at least two aspects of this Open Design Infrastructure: Licensing and tools. We already have a draft version of the license in place and it’s working out well so far. Now we need to look at the tool aspect […]