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Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

Exxon Mobil Corporation Announces $6 Billion Profit Fourth Quarter 2009

IRVING, Texas--Exxon Mobil Corporation 1,160 Earnings 1 $ Millions 6,050 7,820 -23 19,280 45,220 -57 $ Per Common Share Assuming Dilution 1 1.27 1.54 -18 3.98 8.66 -54 Capital and Exploration Expenditures - $ Millions 8,263 6,829 21 27,092 26,143 4 1 See Accounting guidance adopted in first quarter 2009 EXXONMOBIL'S CH ... Continue reading

Partnership Allows Vehicle Electrical Systems and Heaters to Operate Without Use of Engine

Partnership Allows Vehicle Electrical Systems and Heaters to Operate Without Use of Engine

AUSTIN, Texas--Energy Xtreme and Espar Heater Systems have partnered on a one-of-a-kind idle-reduction system that can operate both electrical and heating equipment in vehicles. “This partnership combines two very important technologies” The unique system combines Energy Xtreme’s idle-reduction technolog ... Continue reading

PolyOne and MPC Inc. Produce Eco-Friendly Engine Cover for Award-Winning Ford Fusion Hybrid

PolyOne and MPC Inc. Produce Eco-Friendly Engine Cover for Award-Winning Ford Fusion Hybrid

Ford Fusion Hybrid gets a premium metallic look under hood using less energy and eliminating environmental risks associated with paint CLEVELAND, Jan. 28 -- Leading automotive manufacturer MPC Inc. (Walworth, WI) and PolyOne Corporation created an eco-friendly engine cover for the award-winning 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid. ... Continue reading

BIO Welcomes President Obama's Remarks on Advanced Biofuels

BIO Welcomes President Obama's Remarks on Advanced Biofuels

WASHINGTON--The United States can lead the world in deploying advanced biotechnology for biofuels and create thousands of new jobs by implementing policies to support the emerging industry. The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today applauded President Obama’s call in the State of the Union address to enc ... Continue reading

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Closing of Loan Agreement to Bring Production of Nissan LEAF, Battery to North America

U.S. Department of Energy Announces Closing of Loan Agreement to Bring Production of Nissan LEAF, Battery to North America

Loan used to modify Smyrna, Tenn., manufacturing plant for production in 2012 WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Today, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced that the Department of Energy has closed a $1.4 billion loan agreement with Nissan North America, Inc. The loan will support the modification of Nissan's Smyrna, Tenn., ma ... Continue reading

Electric Vehicles - Seeing the Big Picture

Electric Vehicles - Seeing the Big Picture

By Dr Peter Harrop, Chairman, IDTechEx London January 28, 2010; The burgeoning electric vehicle EV industry cannot be understood by simply looking at cars. The complete market value is, and will remain, about double the market for cars. The leaders such as Toyota, Honda and Nissan make electric vehicles for many applic ... Continue reading

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

NRC Chairman Jaczko to Keynote USA's Largest Energy & Environment Conference February 1 in Phoenix

PHOENIX--The Honorable Gregory B. Jaczko, Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, will keynote the 13th annual Energy & Environment Conference (EUEC) to be held February 1 to 3, 2010 in Phoenix, Arizona at the Convention Center. Chairman Jaczko will join a record number of over 650 senior level speakers at ... Continue reading

Remy International, Inc. to Supply Electric Motors to Allison Transmission, Inc. for GM-Allison Hybrid Drive Systems

Remy International, Inc. to Supply Electric Motors to Allison Transmission, Inc. for GM-Allison Hybrid Drive Systems

PENDLETON, Ind., Jan. 27 -- Remy International, Inc. today announced it has reached a long term agreement with Allison Transmission to continue supplying Remy electric motors for the GM-Allison Hybrid EP40 and EP50 systems. The GM-Allison Hybrid EP40 and EP50 systems are the most advanced two-mode parallel hybrids for ... Continue reading

ECOtality to Discuss New EV Technologies

ECOtality to Discuss New EV Technologies

PHOENIX & SCOTTSDALE, Ariz.--ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLE), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, announced today that Don Karner, President of ECOtality’s wholly owned subsidiary, eTec (Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation), will participate in a panel discussion of new te ... Continue reading

Interest in Alternative Energy Vehicles Revs up in China, while Japan and US Are Slower to Come on Board, New SSI Study Reveals

Interest in Alternative Energy Vehicles Revs up in China, while Japan and US Are Slower to Come on Board, New SSI Study Reveals

SHELTON, Connecticut, January 26 -- As the world narrows its focus on environmental concerns, interest in eco-friendly cars is broadening, according to a new international study by Survey Sampling International (SSI). SSI conducted an online study October 1-10, 2009, of 1,000 people per country in China, Japan, and the ... Continue reading

ECOtality Unveils Its First Electric Vehicle Networked Software

ECOtality Unveils Its First Electric Vehicle Networked Software

PHOENIX--ECOtality, Inc. (OTCBB: ETLE), a leader in clean electric transportation and storage technologies, will provide a preview of its first generation of internet-based software for advanced electric vehicle charging. The software, developed by eTec (Electric Transportation Engineering Corporation), a wholly-owned ... Continue reading

GM Invests $246 Million in Electric Motors and Hybrid Components Creating Jobs in Baltimore

GM Invests $246 Million in Electric Motors and Hybrid Components Creating Jobs in Baltimore

BALTIMORE, Jan. 26 -- -- Baltimore Transmission to be the first high volume U.S. electric motors manufacturing site -- Start of regular production scheduled for 2013 for next generation two-mode rear wheel drive motor -- Investment will create approximately 200 jobs General Motors will invest approximately $246 million ... Continue reading

AFS Trinity Sees Delaware as Possible Center of Next Generation Automaking

AFS Trinity Sees Delaware as Possible Center of Next Generation Automaking

Governor, other Delaware officials to drive two 150 mpg "Extreme Hybrid" Plug-in SUV prototypes DOVER, Del., Jan. 26 -- AFS Trinity Power Corporation today said it is studying Delaware as a potential site for the further development and assembly of its plug in hybrid electric vehicle the "Extreme Hybrid", and, starting ... Continue reading

K2 Energy Solutions Releases New Batteries That Will Alter Design of Future Commercial and Consumer Products

K2 Energy Solutions Releases New Batteries That Will Alter Design of Future Commercial and Consumer Products

HENDERSON, Nev.--K2 Energy Solutions (K2), a manufacturer and seller of rechargeable battery systems, has announced two new battery systems that will dramatically alter the way companies design and power their commercial and consumer products. “From the beginning, our intent was to create an entirely new source of ... Continue reading

Pepco Energizes First Plug-In Vehicle Charging Stations

Pepco Energizes First Plug-In Vehicle Charging Stations

WASHINGTON--Pepco energized its first charging stations for electric vehicles today and gave Chevrolet’s new Volt plug-in a quick “fill-up” before its debut at this week’s Washington Auto Show. The company will purchase 10 Volts to support a study on the effects of vehicle charging on the electrical ... Continue reading

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