News By Topic: Vehicles and the Environment: Hybrids

UQM Technologies Announces Contract With Marine Corps to Develop Hybrid Electric Propulsion System to Power Small Unmanned Ground Combat Vehicles

Aug 25, 2004

Propulsion Motors to Be Developed are Expected to Have Commercial Applications in Small Utility Vehicles Such as Forklifts, Scissor Lifts and Golf Carts FREDERICK, Colo., Aug. 24 -- UQM TECHNOLOGIES, INC. (AMEX:UQM) , a developer of alternative energy technologies, announced today that it has received a $599,000 contra ... Continue reading

GM Hybrid Technology To Help Reduce Emissions and Noise from Yosemite Valley

Aug 20, 2004

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. August 19, 2004; Yosemite National Park joins the growing ranks of communities investing in transit buses powered by GM's hybrid technology, which offers up to 60-percent-greater fuel economy and 90-percent-cleaner emissions. The General Services Administration (GSA) has awarded a contrac ... Continue reading

Chevy Silverado Hybrids Bring a Ray of Light in Charley'd Southwest Florida

Aug 19, 2004

General Motors' Chevrolet Silverado gasoline-electric hybrid pickup trucks, which double as mobile power generators, will get their first real world test helping hurricane victims in Florida. Kevin Ladkey of Manheim's Detroit Auto Auction in Romulus, MI, checks the paperwork prior to the first shipment, Wed. August 18, ... Continue reading

Hybrid Fuel Systems Posts Revenue and Earnings for 2003 and 2002 and Reports Initiatives Undertaken During 2004

Aug 16, 2004

TAMPA, Fla.--Aug. 16, 2004--Hybrid Fuel Systems, Inc., ("Hybrid" or the "Company") (OTC:HYFS) today announced financial results for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002. In addition, the Company disclosed a number of initiatives commenced during the first eight months of 2004. 2003 2002 Revenue $ 155,354 $ 28,362 ... Continue reading

Solid Hydrogen Storage Powers a Practical Hydrogen Hybrid Vehicle

Aug 16, 2004

PALM DESERT, Calif., Aug. 16 -- As many of the world's hydrogen fuel and vehicle experts gather in Southern California this week to help guide surface transportation along its evolutionary path, there is the realization that serious building blocks must emerge to make clean, hydrogen-fueled vehicles a reality. One of t ... Continue reading

DaimlerChrysler Announces its First Fuel Cell Vehicle Customer in California

Aug 13, 2004

* Air Quality Management District is the First DaimlerChrysler Fuel Cell Customer in California * DaimlerChrysler Works with Federal and State Demonstration Programs to Promote and Further Fuel Cell Development DIAMOND BAR, Calif., Aug. 13 -- DaimlerChrysler announced its first fuel cell vehicle customer in California ... Continue reading

NextEnergy Receives Order From the National Automotive Center

Aug 12, 2004

'CEO appoints Technical Advisory Panel' DETROIT, Aug. 11 -- NextEnergy, Michigan's alternative energy technology accelerator program, has been awarded a contract from the National Automotive Center (NAC) for the design and development of an Advanced Mobile Microgrid System. NextEnergy, in concert with the NAC, Selfridg ... Continue reading

China's First Auto Works Chooses Enova for Hybrid Drive Systems

Aug 11, 2004

TORRANCE, Calif.--Aug. 11, 2004--Enova Systems (OTCBB:ENVA), a developer and manufacturer of electric, hybrid and fuel cell digital power management systems, announced today that it has entered into a development and sales agreement with China's First Auto Works (FAW) for parallel hybrid drive systems for their hybrid ... Continue reading

Sumitomo Corporation Obtains Approval for Hydrogen Storage Fuel Cell System

Aug 10, 2004

Tokyo (JCNN) - Sumitomo Corporation has announced that is has obtained Japan's first certification for a 700-bar (10,000psi) pressurized hydrogen storage system for fuel cell vehicles in collaboration with Suzuki in July 2004. The hydrogen storage system was designed and produced by Quantum Fuel Systems Technologies Wo ... Continue reading

California Green Laws for Cars Revealed

Aug 7, 2004

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug 6, 2004; Reuters reported that California released its final plan on Friday to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from cars and trucks by about 30 percent by requiring hundreds of dollars in technology to control air pollution in new cars. The plan is the first of its kind among U.S. states. It has been ... Continue reading

Ford's Hybrid Escape SUV Gets EPA Thumbs Up

Aug 6, 2004

WASHINGTON, Aug 5, 2004; Reuters reported that the Environmental Protection Agency said on Thursday it has certified Ford Motor Co.'s 2005 Escape as the first gasoline-electric hybrid SUV for sale in the United States that meets the agency's stringent new emissions standards. Ford's compact hybrid Escape sport utility ... Continue reading

World's First Gas-Electric Hybrid SUV Starts U.S. Production

Aug 6, 2004

CLAYCOMO, Mo. August 5, 2004; David Twiddy writing for the AP reported that Ford Motor Co. kicked off formal production Thursday of a hybrid version of its Escape SUV, the world's first gas-electric hybrid sports utility vehicle and the first hybrid vehicle produced by an American automaker. Bill Ford, Ford's chairman ... Continue reading

Toyota Hopes to Sell 300,000 Gas-Electric Hybrid Vehicles Worldwide by End of 2005

Aug 5, 2004

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. August 4, 2004; The AP reported that Toyota Motor Corp. has set a goal of selling 300,000 gas-electric hybrid vehicles worldwide by the end of 2005, but production capacity may be a factor, Toyota president Fujio Cho said Wednesday. Speaking at an automotive seminar, Cho said Japan's No. 1 automake ... Continue reading

Larstan Business Report News Flash: Study Predicts Huge Spike In Demand For Hybrid Autos

Aug 4, 2004

WASHINGTON--Aug. 3, 2004--Concern about gas prices and dependence on foreign energy is causing a surge of interest in hybrid autos that integrate gas and electricity to increase fuel efficiency. These are among the conclusions of a hybrid auto purchasing survey of 1,005 business and technology professionals - all whom ... Continue reading

Toyota Announces 50-Percent Boost in 2005 Prius Hybrid Production to Meet Unprecedented Demand

Aug 3, 2004

TORRANCE, Calif., Aug. 3 -- At a press conference in Nagoya, Japan earlier today, Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) announced that it will boost monthly production of the Prius gas-electric hybrid sedan from approximately 10,000 units per month to 15,000, in order to meet global demand. Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) U.S.A., In ... Continue reading