FEV Showcases New Technologies and Services at SAE
Mar 30, 2006
AUBURN HILLS, Mich., March 29 -- FEV Engine Technology will feature several emerging technologies and a new concept vehicle in its display at the SAE 2006 World Congress, in Detroit April 3-6. Advanced engine and vehicle technologies on display will include a new turbocharged, DI (direct-injection) gasoline engine; the ... Continue reading
SkinzWraps Signs Agreement with Earth Biofuels, Inc.
Mar 29, 2006
DALLAS--March 29, 2006--SkinzWraps, Inc. (Pink Sheets:SKZW), a full-service vehicle wrapping company, today announced that it has signed an exclusive agreement with Earth Biofuels, Inc. (OTCBB:EBOF), a producer and distributor of biodiesel fuel. Under terms of the agreement, SkinzWraps will handle the entire marketing ... Continue reading
General Motors Brings Hybrid Bus To Australia
Mar 29, 2006
The Allison Transmission Division of General Motors will demonstrate its state-of-the-art energy efficient hybrid buses at Mt. Cotton near Brisbane on March 31 for an audience of Australian government and transport industry representatives. The technologically advanced buses use GM’s hybrid propulsion system to s ... Continue reading
Mar 29, 2006
WASHINGTON - March 29, 2006--The US Fuel Cell Council (USFCC) has teamed up with the California Fuel Cell Partnership to host the third annual Fuel Cell & Hydrogen Pavilion at the 2006 World Congress of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). The Pavilion will showcase a fuel cell vehicle along with products and equ ... Continue reading
EPA Gives $388,519 Clean School Bus Grant to Okemos Public School District
Mar 29, 2006
CHICAGO, March 28 -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 has awarded a $388,519 clean school bus grant to the Okemos Public School District in the greater Lansing, Mich., area. Okemos will administer this grant in 25 counties to equip up to 372 school buses with pollution- control devices to reduce emissions ... Continue reading
Toyota Prices Camry Hybrid $5,000 below Honda model
Mar 28, 2006
TOKYO, March 28, 2006; Reuters reported that Toyota Motor Corp. has priced its new Camry hybrid -- a gasoline-electric version of America's most popular car -- at $25,900, around $5,000 cheaper than rival Honda Motor Co.'s (7267.T: Quote, Profile, Research) Accord hybrid. A direct comparison is difficult because the ca ... Continue reading
Toyota Announces Prices for All-New 2007 Camry Hybrid
Mar 27, 2006
TORRANCE, Calif., March 27 -- Toyota Motor Sales (TMS), U.S.A., Inc., announced manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSRP) today for the all-new and much-anticipated 2007 Camry Hybrid. The Toyota Camry, the best-selling car in America four years running and for eight of the past nine years, is completely new for 200 ... Continue reading
Quantum and Former Senior Executive of General Motors Join Plug-In Hybrid Consortium
Mar 27, 2006
IRVINE, Calif.--March 27, 2006--The Plug-In Hybrid Development Consortium (the "Consortium") announced that Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Worldwide, Inc. ("Quantum") and Mr. Alan Perriton, former Senior Executive of General Motors Asia/Pacific, have joined the Consortium. The Consortium is made up of a growing numb ... Continue reading
ECD Ovonics' Battery Subsidiary Grants Patent License to Zhejiang Kan
Mar 27, 2006
ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich., March 27 -- Energy Conversion Devices, Inc. (ECD Ovonics) announced today that its subsidiary, Ovonic Battery Company, Inc. (Ovonic Battery), has entered into a patent license agreement in connection with its proprietary nickel metal hydride (NiMH) battery technology with Zhejiang Kan Battery Co ... Continue reading
Michigan Community College To Start Classes on Hybrid Vehicle Repair
Mar 26, 2006
Washington DC March 25, 2006; The AIADA newsletter reported that Macomb County Community College in Warren, Michigan, plans to debut two, 16-week hybrid repair courses for its 950 students during the 2006-07 school year. The college received a 3-year, $200,000 grant from the National Science Foundation in order to cove ... Continue reading
Mazda Delivers First Rotary Hydrogen Vehicles To Corporate Customer Fleets
Mar 25, 2006
RX-8 Hydrogen RE features a hydrogen or gasoline dual-fuel system <p>HIROSHIMA, Japan ¨C March 25, 2006: Mazda Motor Corporation has delivered one RX-8 Hydrogen RE vehicle each to its first two corporate customers for this model, Idemitsu Kosan Co., Ltd. in Tokyo, and Iwatani International Corporation in Osaka, Japan. ... Continue reading
Green Power: EPA Walks the Talk
Mar 23, 2006
News for Release: Thursday, March 23, 2006 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) *Green Power: EPA Walks the Talk *Contact: Robert Zachariasiewicz, (202) 564-4355 / zachariasiewicz.robert@epa.gov (Washington, D.C. - March 23, 2006) In a case of practicing what they preach, today EPA announced 100 percent of its po ... Continue reading
NextEnergy Center Hosts the Michigan Clean Fleet Conference
Mar 22, 2006
Conference focuses on driving technologies, fuels and funding for cleaner air DETROIT, March 22 -- Continuing efforts to encourage economic competitiveness, advance energy security and promote a healthier environment, NextEnergy is hosting the Michigan Clean Fleet Conference at its headquarters in TechTown, Detroit. Th ... Continue reading
Green Bio-fuel Ford Focus Joins Avon & Somerset Police
Mar 22, 2006
<p>Somerset, UK – March 22, 2006: Police patrol cars turned green in Somerset when the county's constabulary became Ford's first customers of its bio-ethanol powered Focus Flexi Fuel Vehicle. </p> <p>Avon and Somerset police have ordered 15 Ford Focus Flexi Fuel Vehicles (FFVs) to help reduce CO2 emissions – ... Continue reading
UAW/GM Janesville Assembly Plant Produces 500,000th E85 FlexFuel Vehicle
Mar 22, 2006
Local plant aids GM's efforts to help address U.S. energy concerns JANESVILLE, WI - March 22, 2006: The General Motors Janesville Assembly plant achieved a milestone of producing more than 500,000 Chevrolet Tahoe, Suburban, GMC Yukon, Yukon XL, Yukon Denali and Yukon XL Denali full-size sport utility vehicles, with E85 ... Continue reading
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