Jul 30, 2009
Research to be Centered at Argonne National Lab in Chicago INDIANAPOLIS, July 30 -- Advanced lithium-ion automotive battery producer EnerDel and the Nissan Motor Co. of Japan are teaming up to research a new generation of electrical conductive material intended to reduce cost and improve the performance of electric and ... Continue reading
Research and Markets: Riversimple Drives For Cost-Effective Hydrogen Car
Jul 29, 2009
DUBLIN--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/b38bc5/riversimple_drives) has announced the addition of the "Riversimple Drives For Cost-Effective Hydrogen Car" report to their offering. Oil prices, taxes, pollution controls and climate change legislation will result in a long-term shift from ... Continue reading
Public Invited to See Plug-In Vehicles Firsthand at Plug-In 2009 Public Night in Long Beach
Jul 28, 2009
One-Night Event (Aug. 11) Offers Insider's Look at a Plugged-In Transportation Future LONG BEACH, Calif., July 28 -- Interested in driving a cleaner, quieter car that averages 100 miles per gallon? Like the idea of plugging in your car at home to get local all-electric driving range? Eager to lower your fuel costs and ... Continue reading
Europe's Hybrid and Electric Passenger Vehicles
Jul 28, 2009
July 27, 2009; Reuters reported that Europe is gearing up for the arrival en masse of electric cars in the coming years, but they won't be the only solution -- hybrid vehicles will also be a weapon in the fight to meet tough emissions reduction targets. Nissan is due to unveil its first electric car model in Yokohama o ... Continue reading
Behr America Forms New Battery Cooling Group
Jul 28, 2009
TROY, Mich.--In support of the companyâs accelerated development activities within the fast-growing hybrid and electric vehicle market, Behr America has formed a Battery Cooling Group at its headquarters in Troy to meet the increasing demand for thermal-management technology. The new group, managed by Fred Pumper, ... Continue reading
Lexus Advances Hybrid Drive with Comprehensive Improvements in New RX 450h
Jul 27, 2009
With each iteration, and now generation, of its Hybrid Drive system, Lexus continues to push forward its hybrid technology to increase efficiency and performance of its vehicles. Now, nearly four years after the debut of the RX 400h, the worldâs first hybrid-powered luxury vehicle, the new Lexus RX 450h brings a b ... Continue reading
RoadTrip: New Lexus HS 250h Luxury Vehicle and Lexus IS Convertible - EXCLUSIVE VIDEO
Jul 24, 2009
- Hybrid Car for Forward-Thinking Luxury Consumers, to Start at $34,200 - Best Combined EPA MPG Rating of Any Luxury Vehicle in the U.S. - 70 Percent Fewer Smog-Forming Emissions Than the Average New Car - First Vehicle to Offer Lexus Enform(TM) with Safety Connect(TM) TORRANCE, Calif., July 20 -- Lexus today announced ... Continue reading
GM's Opel Launches Broad Dual Powered Propane and Gasoline Lineup in Europe
Jul 24, 2009
Opel now offers five LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) powered Corsa, Meriva, Astra station wagon and Zafira models with a wide performance range, expanding its line of environmentally friendly ecoFLEX models with alternative propulsion. ... Continue reading
Tesla Motors Scientist Joins KLD Energy Technologies
Jul 23, 2009
AUSTIN, Texas--Austin-based KLD Energy Technologies, Inc., developers of the patented Neue⢠drive simple⢠high-performance electric motor system technology, has named Rob Ferber, former science director at Tesla Motors Inc., as its chief technology officer. With Ferberâs addition, KLD Energy Technologies ... Continue reading
Jul 22, 2009
As the inventor of the automobile, Mercedes-Benz also accepts responsibility for its future. The Stuttgart premium car maker is underscoring this conviction with its 'Road to emission-free Mobility', which is intentionally structured to pursue a number of avenues. The three core aspects of development work are the opti ... Continue reading
Jul 22, 2009
Company: Cenex (http://www.cenex.co.uk/) Release summary: A new £1million Infrastructure Grant Programme (IGP) to encourage the installation of recharging points for electric vehicles and facilities to supply alternative transport fuels is now open for business. The programme is being managed by Cenex, the UK's Centre ... Continue reading
FedEx Expands Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50 Percent With Groundbreaking Conversion Program
Jul 22, 2009
CHARLOTTE, N.C.--FedEx Corp. today announced the addition of 92 hybrid-electric trucks to its delivery fleetâthe first standard FedEx delivery trucks converted to hybrid-electric systems. The addition of the 92 trucks increases the FedEx fleet of hybrid-electric vehicles by more than 50 percent, from 172 to 264. F ... Continue reading
Hail a Honda Hybrid at Melbourne Taxi Ranks
Jul 21, 2009
Victorian taxi driver Sandeep Singh, has introduced the first Honda Civic Hybrid taxi to Melbourne roads. ... Continue reading
TMC's U.K. Vehicle Production Base to Build Hybrid Auris
Jul 20, 2009
Toyota Auris Hybrid Tokyo â TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION (TMC) announced today it will produce from mid-2010 a hybrid version of the "Auris" hatchback at Toyota Motor Manufacturing (UK) Ltd. (TMUK). The hybrid Auris, using engines produced at TMUK's Deeside Plant, will be produced at TMUK's Burnaston Plant. The decisi ... Continue reading
Automotive Energy Supply Corporation Begins Trial Production of Lithium-ion Batteries
Jul 20, 2009
Tokyo, July 17, 2009; Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., NEC Corporation, and its subsidiary NEC TOKIN Corporation, today announced that its joint-venture company - Automotive Energy Supply Corporation (AESC) - has begun trial production of advanced lithium-ion batteries for a wide range of automotive applications at its Zama Ope ... Continue reading
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