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Lexus Announces Pricing on the RX 400h Luxury Gas/Electric Hybrid SUV, As Well as Certified EPA-Estimated Mileage Figures

Lexus Announces Pricing on the RX 400h Luxury Gas/Electric Hybrid SUV, As Well as Certified EPA-Estimated Mileage Figures

TORRANCE, Calif., Feb. 28 -- The Lexus RX 400h, the world's first luxury hybrid vehicle goes on sale April 15, with a base Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price (MSRP) of $48,535. Beyond its advanced gas/electric hybrid powertrain and new Vehicle Dynamics Integrated Management (VDIM) stability control system, the base ... Continue reading

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Investor Begins 6th Year of Publication

Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Investor Begins 6th Year of Publication

DETROIT--Feb. 28, 2005--The Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Investor ("H2FC"), an independent weekly newsletter covering fuel cell and hydrogen related companies, stocks and technologies, completed its fifth year of publication with its January 30th issue. "The past year has been difficult for some fuel cell stocks, especially th ... Continue reading

Orion Bus Industries Completes First Production Hybrid Bus Order

Orion Bus Industries Completes First Production Hybrid Bus Order

NEW YORK--Feb. 28, 2005-- New York's Roosevelt Island also chooses hybrid with order for four buses Orion Bus Industries has completed deliveries on the first of two production orders for hybrid electric buses to New York City's transit agency and has begun deliveries on the second order. By the end of 2005, MTA New Yo ... Continue reading

Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Scarlett Johansson Join Leonardo DiCaprio and Charlize Theron in Oscars 'Red Carpet - Green Cars' Hybrid Car Drive-Up

Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow and Scarlett Johansson Join Leonardo DiCaprio and Charlize Theron in Oscars 'Red Carpet - Green Cars' Hybrid Car Drive-Up

Global Green USA Campaign Promotes Energy Independence, Smart Solutions to Climate Change Through Stars Arriving at Academy Awards in Fuel-Efficient Cars Who: Nominees Leonardo DiCaprio, Natalie Portman, Morgan Freeman, and presenters Scarlett Johansson, Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tim Robbins, Orlando Bloom, Rob ... Continue reading

Hybrid Transit Bus Drive System Using Maxwell Ultracapacitors Successfully Completes Federal Transit Administration Durability Test

Hybrid Transit Bus Drive System Using Maxwell Ultracapacitors Successfully Completes Federal Transit Administration Durability Test

ISE's ThunderVolt(TM) Hybrid Gasoline-Electric Drive System Uses Ultracapacitors to Capture and Reuse Energy from Braking to Improve Fuel Economy and Reduce Emissions SAN DIEGO, Feb. 24 -- Maxwell Technologies, Inc. announced today that a transit bus powered by an ISE Corp. ThunderVolt(TM) hybrid gasoline-electric driv ... Continue reading

CHINA: 2005 International Exhibition on Clean Automobile and Auto Environmental Science and Technology Equipment

CHINA: 2005 International Exhibition on Clean Automobile and Auto Environmental Science and Technology Equipment

¡¡¡¡¡¡ 2005 International Exhibition on Clean Automobile and Auto Environmental Science and Technology Equipment September 28~30, 2005 china national agriculture exhibition center(Beijing) Authorized by: ministry of science and technology of the people's republic of china Organizers: china national automotive ind ... Continue reading

Global Green USA Delivers 'Good. Clean. Fun.' With Kate Bosworth and 'Animation' Hybrids

Global Green USA Delivers 'Good. Clean. Fun.' With Kate Bosworth and 'Animation' Hybrids

Los Angeles Students Roll Out the 'Green' Carpet for Eco-Friendly Message LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 -- Kate Bosworth (Superman, Beyond the Sea) appeared Tuesday at the El Camino Nuevo Charter Elementary School in Los Angeles to help drive home environmental awareness to children. Highlighting the program were Toyota Prius h ... Continue reading

World's First Luxury Hybrid Makes a Red Carpet Premiere

World's First Luxury Hybrid Makes a Red Carpet Premiere

Lexus RX 400h SUV Hits the Road for the First Time to Transport Environmentally-Conscious Celebrities to the 2005 Academy Awards LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 -- Making an appropriately glamorous on-road debut, the 2006 Lexus RX 400h will deliver some of the world's most famous faces to the 2005 Academy Awards on February 27th ... Continue reading

AFS Trinity Unveils 250 Mile Per Gallon Vehicle Program at Girvan Meeting

AFS Trinity Unveils 250 Mile Per Gallon Vehicle Program at Girvan Meeting

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--Feb. 23, 2005-- NASA, DOT programs help launch new drive train initiative expected to slash driving costs, cut emissions and reduce dependence on foreign oil Privately-held AFS Trinity Power Corporation unveiled a flywheel-based technology at a Girvan Institute meeting today that the company expect ... Continue reading

Unique Opportunity for Save The World Air, Inc. (SWA)

Unique Opportunity for Save The World Air, Inc. (SWA)

SWA Invited to United Nations Summit in Indonesia SWA Meets With President of Honduras LOS ANGELES, Feb. 23 -- SWA (Pink Sheets: ZERO) has been invited to attend, exhibit and present at another United Nations sponsored Summit in Lake Toba, North Sumatera, Indonesia. The Network of Regional Governments for Sustainable D ... Continue reading

Preview: 2006 Lexus RX400h

Preview: 2006 Lexus RX400h

By Carey Russ PALM SPRINGS, CA: Seven years since the debut of the Lexus RX300? My, how time flies. The RX was one of the most significant vehicles in recent automotive history, as it created the now-burgeoning luxury crossover-SUV category. It quickly became the Lexus sales leader, and its successor, the Lexus RX330, ... Continue reading

Glamour, Glitz and Hybrids

Glamour, Glitz and Hybrids

Global Green USA's 'Red Carpet -- Green Cars' Campaign Promotes Energy Independence, Fuel Efficiency LOS ANGELES, Feb. 22 -- Joining the ranks of celebrities choosing to bring an environmental conscience to the Oscars, Leonardo DiCaprio, Charlize Theron, Robin Williams, Orlando Bloom, Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Morgan ... Continue reading

Ford Vehicles Among the Greenest, Best in Class in 2005 Consumer Magazine

Ford Vehicles Among the Greenest, Best in Class in 2005 Consumer Magazine

By: Cheryl Eberwein | Ford Communications Network The Ford Escape Hybrid is the first SUV to be named to the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy's list of most environmentally responsible vehicles on the market. DEARBORN, Mich., Feb. 21, 2005 -- According to a recent ranking of 2005 model cars and trucks f ... Continue reading

ZAP to Display With Fuel Cell Partner Anuvu at Hydrogen Conference in Santa Fe, February 17-18

ZAP to Display With Fuel Cell Partner Anuvu at Hydrogen Conference in Santa Fe, February 17-18

SANTA FE, N.M., Feb. 16 -- Advanced transportation pioneer ZAP (BULLETIN BOARD: ZAPZ) announced today that it will be attending the "First Annual International Hydrogen Energy Implementation Conference" with technology partner Anuvu, Incorporated, February 17 and 18 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. ZAP is in Santa Fe to promot ... Continue reading

Oshkosh Truck Introduces Next-Generation Tactical Defense Truck, the HEMTT A3, To U.S. Army - Video Enhanced Story

Oshkosh Truck Introduces Next-Generation Tactical Defense Truck, the HEMTT A3, To U.S. Army - Video Enhanced Story

OSHKOSH, Wis.--Feb. 16, 2005-- New Defense Truck is First Production-Ready Model Powered by Diesel-Electric System to Increase Fuel Economy Oshkosh Truck Corporation , a leading manufacturer of trucks and truck bodies, announced it has developed the next generation of its Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT) ... Continue reading

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