Alexei "Alex" Severinsky is an American engineer immigrated from post-Soviet Russia. He graduated with Master of Science degree from the

Kharkiv National University of Radioelectronics Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (NURE) ( uk, Харківський національний університет радіоелектроніки) is a technology university based in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Founded in 1930, it is amo ...

in 1967 and got his Candidate of Science degree (Ph.D.) in Electrical Engineering from Institute for Precision Measurements in Radioelectronics and Physics in

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in 1975. Before the emigration he worked in

Kharkiv Kharkiv ( uk, wikt:Харків, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest List of cities in Ukraine, city and List of hromadas of Ukraine, municipality in Ukraine.Toyota Prius The is a car built by Toyota which has a Hybrid vehicle drivetrain, hybrid drivetrain, combining an internal combustion engine with an electric motor. Initially offered as a four-door Sedan (automobile), sedan, it has been produced only as ...

. Severinsky is the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Paice, which licenses the Hyperdrive to hybrid vehicle manufacturers. On August 16, 2006, a U.S. federal judge required Toyota to pay Alex Severinsky $25 for every Prius II, Highlander Hybrid and Lexus RX400h hybrid sold in the United States. On 21 July 2010 Severinsky and Toyota agreed on a settlement. Severinsky is also the inventor of the Fuelcor technology - a patented technology for recycling carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide emissions into usable fuel products. Fuelcor's technology is marketed by Fuelcor International, LLC, a Virginia-based intellectual property development and management company, which was founded after Severinsky resigned as CEO of Paice in 2006. Severinsky holds 30 patents in the United States with numerous patent filings in countries worldwide. Severinsky is a Senior Member of

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a 501(c)(3) professional association for electronic engineering and electrical engineering (and associated disciplines) with its corporate office in New York City and its operation ...

(IEEE).

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