Winner of DARPA Robotic Vehicle Race Has NovAtel GPS Onboard
Oct 24, 2005
CALGARY, Alberta--Oct. 24, 2005--NovAtel Inc. , a precise positioning technology company, is pleased to announce that the winning team completing the U.S. government's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Grand Challenge, an unmanned robotic vehicle race, used NovAtel GPS technology. The race, which covere ... Continue reading
Tokyo Motor Show Exposes Wide Gap Between Bullish Japan and Bearish U.S. car Makers
Oct 21, 2005
CHIBA October 21, 2005; The Asahi Shimbun today reported that the gap between bullish Japanese automakers and their bearish U.S. counterparts was a study in extremes at the Tokyo Motor Show, with the Japan side exhibiting a tour de force and the presidents of the U.S. majors skipping the event. The show in Makuhari Mes ... Continue reading
Ecologically-Friendly Cars Grab Attention at Tokyo Motor Show
Oct 20, 2005
CHIBA, Japan October 29, 2005; Yuri Kageyama writing for the AP reported that the usually futuristic "concept cars" at the Tokyo auto show are taking on an all-too-real immediacy this year amid soaring oil prices, with ecologically-friendly autos grabbing the limelight. The overriding message at the Tokyo Motor Show, o ... Continue reading
2005 Tokyo Motor Show: World Premiere of Diesel Powered Volkswagen EcoRacer, 2007 Polo GTI
Oct 19, 2005
At the Tokyo Motor Show Volkswagen presents an incredibly economic sports car. The EcoRacer’s average fuel consumption is as low as 3.4 liters and it reaches a maximum speed of 230 km/h. Thanks to its carbon fiber body, the middle motor sports car weighs a mere 850 kilograms and accelerates in only 6.3 seconds to ... Continue reading
Reaction Design Launches Automotive Fuels Consortium
Oct 17, 2005
Chevron, Dow Chemical Company, L'Institut Francais du Petrole (IFP), Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan, PSA Peugeot Citroen, and Toyota Join Together to Advance the Development of Cleaner Burning, Higher-Mileage Vehicles SAN DIEGO, Oct. 17 -- Reaction Design, a leader in computer- aided chemical-process simulation, today annou ... Continue reading
Ford's Fields and Stevens Call for New Roadmap, Innovation to Drive Auto Industry to the Future
Oct 15, 2005
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINGS, W.Va., Oct. 15 -- The automotive industry needs to quickly develop a new roadmap and press harder for innovation to connect the industry's great past with the needs of tomorrow, two Ford Motor Company executives told industry leaders at this weekend's "Global Leadership Conference at The Greenbri ... Continue reading
DaimlerChrysler to Start Selling Diesel-Powered Autos in Japan Next Year
Oct 15, 2005
TOKYO October 15, 2005; The AP reported that German automaker DaimlerChrysler AG plans to start selling diesel-powered passenger vehicles in Japan next year amid concerns about rising gasoline prices in a country that imports nearly all its oil, a news report said Saturday. DaimlerChrysler stopped selling diesel models ... Continue reading
Oct 14, 2005
Energy Saving Fords Previewed At Newcastle
Oct 11, 2005
BRENTWOOD, Essex - 10 October, 2005 – Amid the current uncertainty over fuel supplies, the Energy Efficiency and Renewables Exhibition could hardly be more timely. Visitors to this free event at Newcastle upon Tyne’s Civic Centre on 27 October will be able to evaluate two energy-saving solutions from a vehi ... Continue reading
FORD MOTOR COMPANY AND PSA PEUGEOT CITROËN STRENGTHEN DIESEL ENGINE CO-OPERATION
Oct 5, 2005
London/Paris October 5, 2005: Ford Motor Company and PSA Peugeot Citroën have today announced the fourth phase of their groundbreaking diesel engine co-operation, with the launch of two new families of light, clean, efficient engines for their commercial vehicle and executive car lines. This announcement is the latest ... Continue reading
TexCom Selects Site for 30 Million Gallon Per Year Gulf Coast Biodiesel Plant
Oct 3, 2005
HOUSTON, Oct. 3 -- TexCom, Inc. (OTC Pink Sheets: TEXC) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent with LBC Houston, LP to build and operate a new 30 million gallon per year biodiesel plant at LBC's bulk liquids terminal in Seabrook, Texas. TexCom plans to construct the multi-million dollar plant that will c ... Continue reading
NextEnergy Center Opens New Era of Alternative Fuels R&D
Sep 29, 2005
Detroit-based Alternative Fuels Accelerator R&D Center Opens DETROIT, Sept. 29 -- In the center of Detroit's TechTown a transformation is taking place that will position both Detroit and Michigan at the focal point of the emerging alternative energy industry. Today, NextEnergy Center, Michigan's alternative energy acce ... Continue reading
DaimlerChrysler to Partner with NextEnergy, Inc., in Detroit on Biodiesel Research and Development
Sep 29, 2005
- Research Will Advance Nation's Rapidly-Growing Biodiesel Industry, Promote Use of Clean, Renewable Fuel Made from U.S. Farm Products - Biodiesel Industries, Nation's Largest Biodiesel Refiner, to Join Partnership with New Detroit Facility - DaimlerChrysler 'Brownfield' Sites to Produce Feedstock for Research Programs ... Continue reading
American Lung Association of Minnesota Hails New Biodiesel Requirement
Sep 29, 2005
MENDOTA HEIGHTS, Minn., Sept. 28 -- The American Lung Association of Minnesota, a longtime promoter of cleaner-burning vehicles and fuels, today hailed the start of Minnesota's first-in-the-nation biodiesel mandate. Effective September 29, 2005, most diesel fuel sold in the state will be a "B2" biodiesel blend that con ... Continue reading
Ford Offers Technology & Tips to Help Conserve Fuel
Sep 28, 2005
DEARBORN, Mich., Sept. 28 -- From technical innovations in a variety of products to simple ideas that help customers conserve fuel and help the environment, Ford Motor Company continues to seek ways to help reduce fuel consumption. That need for conservation was made even more urgent this week when President Bush urged ... Continue reading
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