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Cenex to Deliver UK Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Conference 2011

Cenex to Deliver UK Hybrid and Electric Vehicles Conference 2011

COVENTRY, England--Cenex, the UK’s Centre of Excellence in Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies, is to deliver a two-day technical conference on hybrid and electric vehicles from 18th- 19th May 2011 at the University of Warwick. Twenty research papers will be presented over the duration of the two-day c ... Continue reading

IEEE Standards Association and SAE International Agree to Collaborate on Smart Grid and Vehicle-Electrification Standards

IEEE Standards Association and SAE International Agree to Collaborate on Smart Grid and Vehicle-Electrification Standards

PISCATAWAY, N.J., & WARRENDALE, Pa.--The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) and SAE International today announced that the two organizations have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a strategic partnership in vehicular technology related to the Smart Grid. In doing so, IEEE-SA and SAE Internationa ... Continue reading

Epyon Starts Deliveries for Lyse's EV Fast-Charging Network in Norway

Epyon Starts Deliveries for Lyse's EV Fast-Charging Network in Norway

RIJSWIJK, The Netherlands, April 26, 2011 -- - Leading Utility to Build Norwegian Infrastructure of Commercial Charging Stations Epyon BV, the leading European supplier of intelligent charging solutions for electric vehicles, today announced that it started delivering multiple EV fast-charging systems to Lyse Energi in ... Continue reading

CleanFUEL USA and Capacity to Offer First Liquid Propane Terminal Truck in North America

CleanFUEL USA and Capacity to Offer First Liquid Propane Terminal Truck in North America

GEORGETOWN, Texas, April 26, 2011 GEORGETOWN, Texas, April 26, 2011 -- CleanFUEL USA, a leading supplier of alternative fuel infrastructure and liquid propane engine systems, today announced a partnership with Capacity of Texas, Inc., to develop and certify the country's first terminal trucks utilizing its cleaner-burn ... Continue reading

New Bi-Fuel System Brings Propane's Cost and Environmental Benefits to Diesel Vehicles

New Bi-Fuel System Brings Propane's Cost and Environmental Benefits to Diesel Vehicles

NEW HUDSON, Mich., April 26, 2011 NEW HUDSON, Mich., April 26, 2011 -- Icom North America is bringing the fuel economy and environmental benefits of its liquid-injection propane system to diesel-powered vehicles in the United States this year. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20101216/DE18795LOGO) Icom's new JT ... Continue reading

Most U.S. Consumers Want to Buy an Electric Vehicle

Most U.S. Consumers Want to Buy an Electric Vehicle

BOULDER, Colo., April 26, 2011 BOULDER, Colo., April 26, 2011 -- Plug-in electric vehicles may just be entering the market, but most U.S. consumers are ready to buy them. E Source recently analyzed data from the Nielsen Energy Survey and found that 85 percent of U.S. consumers say they would purchase a battery-driven c ... Continue reading

Coulomb Technologies Furthers Innovation on the ChargePoint Network: Announces Industry-First Charging Station Reservation System

Coulomb Technologies Furthers Innovation on the ChargePoint Network: Announces Industry-First Charging Station Reservation System

CAMPBELL, Calif.--Coulomb Technologies, the leading electric vehicle (EV) charging solutions provider, today announced new advancements to the ChargePoint® Network--the industry’s first charging station reservation system designed for EV drivers. The ChargePoint Network now makes available the eas ... Continue reading

Fuel Cell Vehicle Sales to Cross the 1 Million Mark in 2020, According to Pike Research

Fuel Cell Vehicle Sales to Cross the 1 Million Mark in 2020, According to Pike Research

BOULDER, Colo.--Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) are part of the continuum of electric drive technologies, which are projected to capture an increasingly large share of the global passenger car and transit bus markets. For the passenger car market, fuel cells offer the benefits of zero emissions operation without the range an ... Continue reading

Media Release - Earth Day - Go Green Auto Rally

Media Release - Earth Day - Go Green Auto Rally

Go Green Auto Rally Celebrates Earth Day 2011 Friday, April 22, 2011 - Go Green Auto Rally (GGAR) teaches drivers to reduce their carbon footprint, save money through less fuel consumption and to increase their safety behind the wheel of their own vehicles – no matter what they drive. To learn more about ... Continue reading

Wayne State University Chosen as Michigan's Sole Participant in EcoCAR 2

Wayne State University Chosen as Michigan's Sole Participant in EcoCAR 2

DETROIT, April 21, 2011 DETROIT, April 21, 2011 A team of Wayne State University students from the College of Engineering have been chosen to participate in EcoCAR 2: Plugging in to the Future, a one-of-a-kind program established by the U.S. Department of Energy and General Motors. This three-year collegiate engineerin ... Continue reading

Inaugural A World In Motion Fuel Cell Olympics Winner Announced

Inaugural A World In Motion Fuel Cell Olympics Winner Announced

WARRENDALE, Pa., April 21, 2011 WARRENDALE, Pa., April 21, 2011 -- SAE International hosted the first-ever A World In Motion® (AWIM) Fuel Cell Olympics on Thursday, April 14, during the SAE 2011 World Congress in Detroit. The event hosted more than 150 students from southeast Michigan to increase educational access to ... Continue reading

Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition Leads National Effort to Reduce Gasoline Use by Displacing 135 Million Gallons

Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition Leads National Effort to Reduce Gasoline Use by Displacing 135 Million Gallons

SAINT PAUL, Minn., April 20, 2011 SAINT PAUL, Minn., April 20, 2011 -- A national ranking of Clean Cities programs, established by the U.S. Department of Energy to help reduce America's dependence on traditional petroleum fuels, showed the Saint Paul-based Twin Cities Clean Cities Coalition as the nation's top program, ... Continue reading

Tesla Takes Auto Retail High-Tech With Digital Design Studio

Tesla Takes Auto Retail High-Tech With Digital Design Studio

PALO ALTO, Calif.--Tesla Motors launched the Design Studio, a tool that allows consumers to customize, view and share their own Tesla electric vehicles on the web, on their smartphones and iPads, and at Tesla stores. Using HTML5 for cross-platform compatibility, the Design Studio makes the buying experience flexibl ... Continue reading

"Innovation Motorcade" to Parade Electric Drive Vehicles Through the Streets of Washington, D.C.

"Innovation Motorcade" to Parade Electric Drive Vehicles Through the Streets of Washington, D.C.

PR Newswire WASHINGTON, April 18, 2011 WASHINGTON, April 18, 2011 -- With gas prices hitting $4 a gallon and the one-year anniversary of the Gulf oil disaster this week, on Tuesday Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu will headline a motorcade of battery, hybrid and fuel cell powered vehicles through Washington D.C. The par ... Continue reading

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