Jun 11, 2012
After nearly a year of traveling cross-country to uncover technology innovation being created by engineers, entrepreneurs, innovators and students, Avnet Express' Drive for Innovation today announced that Seattle-based Engineer Ted T. Yan, at the Boeing Company, has been selected as the winner of a new General Motors C ... Continue reading
Remy International Signs Long Term Supply Agreement with VIA Motors
Jun 11, 2012
Remy, Inc.'s Electric Motor Division and VIA Motors have announced a joint agreement to supply powertrains for the VIA Extended-Range Electric Vehicle (eREV). VIA offers a full lineup of extended-range electric trucks, vans and SUVs called VTRUX, each equipped with the company's eREV powertrain. The eREV powertrain ena ... Continue reading
Electric Cars Merely a Green Illusion, According to New Environmental Book
Jun 11, 2012
Hybrid and electric cars are neither clean nor green according to a new environmental book, Green Illusions (June 2012, University of Nebraska Press), written by University of California - Berkeley visiting scholar Ozzie Zehner. Green Illusions exposes numerous hidden side effects of new hybrid and electric cars, such ... Continue reading
SAE International Book Focuses on Hybrid Vehicle Design
Jun 11, 2012
With more than 20 different hybrid cars available from most major automakers, hybrid vehicles are a crucial and growing market segment. Additionally, with several high profile plug-in hybrids coming out now or within the next year, innovation and development of hybrid vehicles is continuing at an ever-growing pace. Con ... Continue reading
Avnet Express' Drive for Innovation Donates Chevrolet Volt to Chances for Children Arizona
Jun 9, 2012
Approximately 17 percent of American children between the ages of two and 19 are obese, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention figures indicate -- and those numbers climb even higher for children in low income families. Arizona-based charity Chances for Children works to give children in low-income families a chanc ... Continue reading
Jun 8, 2012
ALTe Powertrain Technologies, developer of the first range-extended plug-in electric hybrid powertrain for light commercial fleet vehicle applications, today announced that it has created a Commitment to Action as part of the Clinton Global Initiative America (CGI America) meeting. ALTe has committed to spur adoption o ... Continue reading
The Vehicle Production Group (VPG) Partners with Pittsburgh Cab Company Owner Robert DeLucia
Jun 8, 2012
The Vehicle Production Group today announced a formal partnership with the Star Transportation Group of the greater Pittsburgh area and its president, Robert DeLucia, a veteran who founded STG nearly 30 years ago. The Veterans Taxi Service, a part of STG, provides transportation services using wheelchair-accessible, ... Continue reading
BYD Wins European Electric Bus Orders for Netherlands Schiermonnikoog
Jun 7, 2012
An island which is home to the Netherlands first National Park is about to launch Europe's cleanest bus fleet. The city of Schiermonnikoog in the province of Friesland, Netherlands is nestled on this 16 km long island and is virtually car-free. While home to about 1000 residents, over 350,000 people visit the island ev ... Continue reading
Jun 7, 2012
Automobile manufacturers began to introduce mass marketed plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2010. Most of these vehicles include at least basic telematics systems that not only enable the driver to check on charging station locations and the state of the battery charge, but in the future will also provide details on ... Continue reading
Jun 6, 2012
UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., has begun supplying the PowerPhase HD 220 electric drive systems to Boulder EV to build delivery vans for FedEx Express. 'We look forward to working with UQM on this and future programs.We just introduced the PowerPhase HD 220 electric drive system last month at EVS26 and have been selected to ... Continue reading
PECO Gets Charged Up About Electric Vehicles!
Jun 5, 2012
--PECO: WHAT: From Philadelphia's own Ben Franklin charging a brand new Chevy Volt -- now part of PECO;s growing environmentally friendly fleet; to a check presentation for the first PECO Smart Driver Rebate customer; to getting up close and personal with other electric cars like the Nissan Leaf, Mitsubishi MiEV, Fiske ... Continue reading
Green Automotive to Join Forces with Liberty Electric Cars Limited
Jun 4, 2012
Green Automotive Company announced today that it has entered into detailed discussions with Liberty Electric Cars Limited a UK-based developer of Electric Drive Trains, unique Battery Management Systems and provider of full support programs for all types of Electric vehicles. These discussions will lead to Liberty tech ... Continue reading
Jun 4, 2012
Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. , a global leader in natural gas, hydrogen and hybrid/electric vehicle technologies, today announced that it will demonstrate its clean, fuel efficient, Plug-In Hybrid Electric (PHEV) F-150 pickup truck to nation's leading fleet managers at the 2012 Electric Utility Fle ... Continue reading
What Us Worry About Obama's "All-of-the-above" Alt-fuel Energy Policy
Jun 4, 2012
Auto Central, Louisville KY February 27, 2012; Big Oil and It's Sycophants, Screw America's Economy, Free Will, By The People FOR The People, Foreign Policy, Military Options and Reduces Freedom, While Oil Bought and Paid For Politicians Fiddle-faddle While Americans Burn...ENOUGH ALREADY! SEE ALSO: Survey Finds Majori ... Continue reading
T3 Motion Launches Electric Vehicle in Korea at KOBA 2012 International Broadcasting Tradeshow
Jun 1, 2012
T3 Motion, Inc. (NYSE AMEX: TTTM) a producer of clean/green technology, announced that it launched the T3 Motion Korean brand initiative at the 22nd Annual KOBA International Tradeshow in South Korea. KOBA International is among South Korea's largest media tradeshows and hosts thousands of media representatives every y ... Continue reading
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